Intel has lifted the embargo for its new Intel Core i7 8700K CPU and it appears – from most third-party benchmarks – that this CPU is the best for gaming. As we’ve already covered, the Intel Core i7 8700K CPU comes with 6 cores, supports 12 threads, is clocked at 3.7Ghz and can be turbo-boosted at 4.7Ghz.
According to Eurogamer’s results, the Intel Core i7 8700K is faster than any of AMD’s CPUs in The Witcher 3, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Far Cry: Primal, Crysis 3 and The Witcher 3: Wild. The last two titles in particular are 50fps and 30fps faster than the AMD Ryzen 7 1700 CPU, respectively.
Tomshardware also found the Intel Core i7 8700K to be faster than the AMD Ryzen CPUs in pretty much all games, and slightly faster than the i7 7700K. In games that benefit from more than four CPU cores, like HITMAN, the performance difference between the i7 8700K and the i7 7700K was around 10fps.
Gamersnexus results also favour Intel’s Core i7 8700K over AMD’s Ryzen CPUs. Do note that we are only referring to their gaming performance (as we are a gaming site and we are obviously interested in how these CPUs perform in games). The new Intel CPU was also faster than the i7 7700K in Battlefield 1 and Total War: WARHAMMER. Surprisingly enough, the i7 7700K was a bit faster in Project CARS 2.
Techpowerup has decided to test some games in 720p in order to avoid any possible GPU limitation, and its results are really interesting. According to them, the i7 8700K is the fastest CPU in Watch_Dogs 2 and Dishonored, falls behind the i7 7700K in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and is slower than AMD’s Ryzen CPUs in Civilization VI.
In conclusion, the Intel Core i7 8700K CPU is the best gaming CPU gamers can buy. Although the performance difference between the i7 7700K and the i7 8700K is minimal in some games, games that benefit from multiple CPU cores/threads will run faster on this latest CPU. And since the i7 8700K will be priced similarly to the i7 7700K (according to Intel the 8700K will be $40 more expensive than the 7700K), we can’t think of any reason why someone would prefer the latter over the former.
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It is hot as hell, just like 7700K, reaching 100ºC in overclock.
I wouldn’t like to have it in my pc…
Well, Intel addressed that issue with the 7700k that people paid extra for to have the unlocked i7.
They said, “Don’t overclock the 7700k that you paid extra for”. Problem solved by the geniuses at Intel that saved 11 cents per chip by using cheap TIM under the heat spreader on the 7700k.
at 5ghz yes..
Meanwhile ryzen cant get past 4ghz on all cores or even 4 or 6.
in other news: water is wet and cows go moo.
And ofc you need NEW MOBO. F@@k off intel.
if you have any z170/z270 you dont need to upgrade at all stop crying
Sell your old motherboard.
If you have a AMD FX cpu you also need a new mobo :*)
It’s always nice to see better hardware, but I really don’t want to see any more market share go to Intel. Let’s hope Ryzen+ / Ryzen 2 pushes back.
Then Intel will surpass them again. AMD doesn’t have the R&D budget, the multiple design teams or the fabs to stay ahead of Intel for long.
Sweet! Ive been waiting to build something new for awhile 🙂
i’ll wait for cannon lake
hes talking about if you got a 6700k or 7700k you dont need to upgrade anyway
ahhh gotcha!
RIP AMD
lmao hardly, Kaby lake has been out for what 7 months or 8 months?
RIP Kaby Lake and Skylake-X.
Skylake X out performs Threadripper so it’s far from dead.
The fact that almost nobody tested the temps is very eloquent.
Test all of them at the same speed or else this is just a PR article for Intel…
The i7-7820X also boosts to 4.3GHz out of the box. The dominance cannot be denied.
I’m not a fanboy of either brand. But this article threw away all credibility when they overclocked the Intel processors but left the AMD’s stock. It’s a ridiculous comparison because stock would be close to the same. Not to mention they forgot to test heat because not everybody will overclock their processors to 4.9 ghz…
The GamerNexus benches are at stock speeds. While Tech Power Up benches are at stock and overclocked speeds. You should read the graphs again. At stock speed the 8700k was faster than all of AMD’s eight core cpu’s. It wasn’t close. You should really read the graphs again.
Why? Who buys a cpu to run at slower speeds than stock. Your taking fanboy logic to the extreme.
Why ? Because Ryyzen cant get past 4ghz ??
Because it doesn’t make sense as a comparison unless all of the variables are the same. It’s like taking a poll where you only ask people you know will give the answer that you want instead of asking random people. It’s biased and the answers are cherry picked.
If they will be compared by performance, make the speed the same, not everybody is going to overclock their processor.
Yes it does. generations of CPU’s are like weight classes in boxing or any other sport. You compare each gen to each other and their maximum capability in there, done. Simple as that.
INTEL is still best processor manufacturing company but its good that AMD is in race with Intel.