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Core i7-8086K vs i7-8700


Description
Both models i7-8086K and i7-8700 are based on Coffee Lake architecture.

Coffee Lake is the second refinement of Intel’s 14nm (Tri-Gate) technology. While it uses LGA1151 socket, it is incompatible with previous generations due to electrical changes in socket’s pins so these CPUs require Z370 chipset. This kind of generation introduced more cores in every range to compete with new AMD’s architecture. Coffee Lake uses DDR4 memory at 2400MHz for i3 and at 2666MHz for i5, i7 CPUs plus iGPU frequency has been increased 50MHz with respect to previous generation.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-8086K gets a score of 352.4 k points while the i7-8700 gets 389 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-8700 is 1.1 times faster than the i7-8086K . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
906ea
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-S
Coffee Lake-S
Architecture
Base frecuency
4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
LGA 1151
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
6/12
TDP
95 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
6x32+6x32 kB
6x32+6x32 kB
Cache L2
6x256 kB
6x256 kB
Cache L3
12288 kB
12288 kB
Date
June 2018
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
72.95k points
75.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
352.4k points
388.95k points

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i7-8086K
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
28.74k
29.25k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
25.31k
25.98k (x1.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.78k
6.05k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.12k
13.74k (x1.05)
TOTAL
72.95k
75.01k (x1.03)

Multithread

i7-8086K

i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
160.53k
182.56k (x1.14)
Test#2 (FP)
147.29k
159.9k (x1.09)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
35.65k
38.18k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
8.92k
8.31k (x0.93)
TOTAL
352.4k
388.95k (x1.1)

Performance/W
i7-8086K
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
1690 points/W
2809 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
1550 points/W
2460 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
375 points/W
587 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
94 points/W
128 points/W
TOTAL
3709 points/W
5984 points/W

Performance/GHz
i7-8086K
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
5748 points/GHz
6358 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
5063 points/GHz
5647 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1156 points/GHz
1316 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2624 points/GHz
2986 points/GHz
TOTAL
14590 points/GHz
16307 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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