Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i3-1125G4

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 11th Generation Core i3 4 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

5130 points
82% significantly better overall score
2810 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points
50% significantly better gaming score
4729 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points
99% significantly better multitasking score
2253 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points
102% significantly better heavy workload score
2154 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
177% significantly higher Blender score
45.54 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6462 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
4219 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1549 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1435 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6565 points
64% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4001 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1621 points
14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1417 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
27% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

335th of 1,089
568th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
11th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2021 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR4-3200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8700K vs Core i3-1125G4 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-8700K is faster than the Core i3-1125G4. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1125G4 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8700K has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1125G4. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i3-1125G4. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1125G4. The Core i3-1125G4 outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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