Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 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
7691 points
49% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7103 points
10139 points
42% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4499 points
6947 points
54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4352 points
6776 points
55% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5074 points
7150 points
40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

126.15 points
172.32 points
36% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly 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
9.5 MiB
533% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

335th of 1,089
159th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
13th Generation Core i7

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 i7-13620H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13620H 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13620H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i7-13620H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700K. The Core i7-13620H also has significantly more 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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