Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Core i7-4770

Core i7-8700 vs Core i7-4770 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700 is faster than the Core i7-4770. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i7-4770 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4770 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700. Despite this, the Core i7-8700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4770 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-8700 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4770. The Core i7-8700 also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-8700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.