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Core i9-7960X vs Core i7-8700

Core i9-7960X vs Core i7-8700: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms Core i9-7960X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 122 days newer than Core i9-7960X.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-7960X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 32 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700

  • Performs up to 1% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i9-7960X - 103 vs 102 FPS
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7960X - 65 vs 165 Watts
This is a free version of Sons Of The Forest.
Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


FPS

102

99.02912621359224%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


FPS

103

100%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

£165.86

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i7-8700 Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.20GHz/12MB/Coffee Lake/65W/Graphics)

Buy for £165.86 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74880 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo
Core i9-7960X

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017


Single-Core

1376

90.94514210178454%

Multi-Core

10496

100%

Intel Core i7-8700 Logo
Core i7-8700

Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018


Single-Core

1513

100%

Multi-Core

5905

56.259527439024396%

Intel Core i9-7960X Logo

Intel Core i9-7960X

vs
Intel Core i7-8700 Logo

Intel Core i7-8700

Sep 1st, 2017Release Date
Jan 1st, 2018
Core i9CollectionCore i7
SkylakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores6
32
Threads12
2.8 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
4.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size14 nm
28.0xMultiplier
32.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
Yes
OverclockableNo

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