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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $74
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Pentium Gold G7400 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-8700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Pentium Gold G7400 is 1464 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G7400 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G7400
- Performs up to 2% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i7-8700 - 308 vs 302 FPS
- Up to 49% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $102.71 vs $200.0
- Up to 50% better value when playing Resident Evil Village than Core i7-8700 - $0.33 vs $0.66 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Resident Evil Village
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Processor 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz LGA 1151 300 Series 65W
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Pentium Gold G7400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
308
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.33/FPS
100%
Price, $
$102.71
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Pentium Gold G7400 Dual-core (2 Core) 3.70 GHz Processor - Retail Pack
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Pentium Gold G7400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G7400 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 710 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Pentium Gold G7400
Resident Evil Village, 1920 x 1080, Max
117 FPS
$7.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-8700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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44 FPS
$31.8/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 3100
Core i7-8700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,399
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49 FPS
$25.49/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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106 FPS
$23.58/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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