Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i5-1334U

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 10 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
2% slightly better overall score
4990 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points
7541 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
4272 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
4120 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
120% significantly higher Blender score
57.29 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
184% significantly higher clock speed
1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
6.5 MiB
333% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

335th of 1,089
349th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8700K vs Core i5-1334U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1334U is faster than the Core i7-8700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1334U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Core i5-1334U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1334U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1334U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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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