Core i7-9750H vs i7-8700
Description
Both models i7-9750H 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 i7-9750H gets a score of 276.5 k points while the i7-8700 gets 389 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-8700 is 1.4 times faster than the i7-9750H. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
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 i7-9750H gets a score of 276.5 k points while the i7-8700 gets 389 k points.
Summarizing, the i7-8700 is 1.4 times faster than the i7-9750H. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.
Specs
CPUID
906ed
906ea
Core
Coffee Lake-H
Coffee Lake-S
Base frecuency
2.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Boost frecuency
4.5 GHz
4.6 GHz
Socket
BGA 1440
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
6/12
6/12
TDP
45 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
April 2019
October 2017
Mean monothread perf.
62.92k points
75.01k points
Mean multithread perf.
276.46k points
388.95k points
Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
4.53k
4.48k (x0.99)
Test#2 (FP)
18.24k
18.31k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.76k
5.88k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.01k
13.45k (x1.03)
TOTAL
41.54k
42.12k (x1.01)
Multithread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
24.3k
27.35k (x1.13)
Test#2 (FP)
97.88k
124.94k (x1.28)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.85k
43.23k (x1.45)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.93k
7.08k (x0.59)
TOTAL
163.95k
202.61k (x1.24)
SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
16.32k
16.45k (x1.01)
Test#2 (FP)
23.42k
23.74k (x1.01)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.04k
6.24k (x1.03)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.24k
13.43k (x1.01)
TOTAL
59.03k
59.86k (x1.01)
Multithread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
86.92k
100.94k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
126.14k
159.09k (x1.26)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
29.62k
43.61k (x1.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.86k
6.59k (x0.56)
TOTAL
254.54k
310.23k (x1.22)
AVX optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode II (AVX) is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the first version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX compatible CPU was released in 2011.
Monothread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
16.31k
16.57k (x1.02)
Test#2 (FP)
24.48k
25.52k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.87k
6.01k (x1.02)
Test#1 (Memory)
13.02k
12.82k (x0.98)
TOTAL
59.67k
60.92k (x1.02)
Multithread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
87.54k
101.85k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
131.05k
170.31k (x1.3)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
28.47k
43.12k (x1.51)
Test#1 (Memory)
11.8k
7.11k (x0.6)
TOTAL
258.87k
322.39k (x1.25)
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
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
25.22k
29.25k (x1.16)
Test#2 (FP)
21.97k
25.98k (x1.18)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.02k
6.05k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
10.71k
13.74k (x1.28)
TOTAL
62.92k
75.01k (x1.19)
Multithread
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
125.56k
182.56k (x1.45)
Test#2 (FP)
115.86k
159.9k (x1.38)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
25.63k
38.18k (x1.49)
Test#1 (Memory)
9.4k
8.31k (x0.88)
TOTAL
276.46k
388.95k (x1.41)
Performance/W
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
2790 points/W
2809 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
2575 points/W
2460 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
570 points/W
587 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
209 points/W
128 points/W
TOTAL
6144 points/W
5984 points/W
Performance/GHz
i7-9750H
i7-8700
Test#1 (Integers)
5605 points/GHz
6358 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
4882 points/GHz
5647 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1115 points/GHz
1316 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
2380 points/GHz
2986 points/GHz
TOTAL
13982 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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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.
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]
Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]
Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]
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