Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 6 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

2945 points

3870 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points

5431 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points

3361 points

31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points

3246 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points

98.86 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4790 points

5398 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1265 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1136 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

4733 points

5677 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1336 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1222 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

3.5 GHz

45% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

3.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

300% significantly lower TDP

140 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

150% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

546th of 1,089

448th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR4-1600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-8700T vs Core i7-5930K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5930K performs better than the Core i7-8700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700T in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5930K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8700T. Despite this, the Core i7-8700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-5930K CPU because of its 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 i7-8700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.