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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-8700 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-7980XE on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-8700 is 122 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-7980XE.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Up to 84% cheaper than Core i9-7980XE - $200.0 vs $1286.0
- Up to 84% better value when playing Immortals of Aveum than Core i9-7980XE - $3.64 vs $23.38 per FPS
- Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-7980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-7980XE
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-8700 - 36 vs 12 threads
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Intel BX80673I97980X Core i9-7980XE Processors
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Core i9-7980XE
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | Intel Core i9-7980XE |
|---|---|---|
Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2017 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 Extreme |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 2066 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 18 |
| 12 | Threads | 36 |
3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.6 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 165 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
32.0x | Multiplier | 26.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Core i9-7980XE
Immortals of Aveum, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
1 FPS
$829.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-8700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$829.99
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1 FPS
$869.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$869.99
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1 FPS
$715.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$715.32
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1 FPS
$1249/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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1 FPS
$2499/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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