Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i7-8700T

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6267 points
112% significantly better overall score
2945 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7929 points
88% significantly better gaming score
4207 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5718 points
123% significantly better multitasking score
2558 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5568 points
125% significantly better heavy workload score
2473 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

143.42 points
55% significantly higher Blender score
92.37 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7060 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4790 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1560 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1265 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7115 points
50% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4733 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1625 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1336 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
Identical
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

238th of 1,089
546th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
8th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2018 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700 vs Core i7-8700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700 is faster than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8700T has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700T. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Also, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-8700T outputs less heat than Core i7-10700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T. The Core i7-10700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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