Intel Core i7-8700T vs Intel Core i7 X 990

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 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
3089 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4207 points
4251 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2558 points
2707 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2473 points
2617 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.37 points
75% significantly higher Blender score
52.64 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.46 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
12 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

546th of 1,089
527th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-8700T vs Core i7 X 990 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7 X 990 is faster 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7 X 990 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8700T. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 990 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-8700T

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.

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