Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i7-4770K

Core i7-8700K vs Core i7-4770K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-8700K beats the Core i7-4770K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770K 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 i7-4770K. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4770K. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-4770K outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-8700K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-4770K. The Core i7-8700K 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.