Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i7-1165G7

Core i7-8700K vs Core i7-1165G7 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Core i7-1165G7. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1165G7 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 i7-1165G7. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1165G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1165G7. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1165G7. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-1165G7 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.