Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Number of cores

Number of threads

Base frequency

3.2 GHz

2.9 GHz

Maximum frequency

4.6 GHz

4.3 GHz

L1 cache

64K (per core)

L2 cache

256K (per core)

L3 cache

12288 KB

12 MB (shared)

Manufacturing process technology

14 nm

Die size

149 mm²

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Maximum core temperature

100 °C

Maximum case temperature (TCase)

72 °C

64 bit support

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Max number of CPUs in a configuration

Socket

FCLGA1151

FCLGA1200

Power consumption (TDP)

65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2

AES-NI

AVX

vPro

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

Turbo Boost

2.0

Hyper-Threading

TSX

Idle States

Thermal Monitoring

SIPP

Turbo Boost Max 3.0

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Security technologies

Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F technologies aimed at raising security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

EDB

Secure Key

MPX

Identity Protection

SGX

Yes with Intel® ME

OS Guard

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F are enumerated here.

AMD-V

VT-d

VT-x

EPT

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F.

Supported memory types

DDR4-2666

Maximum memory size

128 GB

Max memory channels

Maximum memory bandwidth

41.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPUs integrated into Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F.

Integrated graphics

Intel UHD Graphics 630

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Max video memory

64 GB

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Quick Sync

Clear Video

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Clear Video HD

no data

Graphics max frequency

1.2 GHz

no data

InTru 3D

no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

no data

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

4096x2304@24Hz

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Max resolution over eDP

4096x2304@60Hz

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Max resolution over DisplayPort

4096x2304@60Hz

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

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OpenGL

4.5

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F.

PCIe revision

3.0

Max number of PCIe lanes

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Overall benchmark performance

i7-8700 14.74 +0.4%

i5-10400F 14.68

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

i7-8700 7171 +6.7%

i5-10400F 6719

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

i7-8700 35384

i5-10400F 36564 +3.3%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

i7-8700 2.17 +6.9%

i5-10400F 2.03

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

i7-8700 13

i5-10400F 14 +7.7%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

i7-8700 192 +6.7%

i5-10400F 180

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

i7-8700 1199

i5-10400F 1332 +11.1%

wPrime 32

i7-8700 6.77

i5-10400F 6.25 +8.3%

x264 encoding pass 1

i7-8700 235 +2.6%

i5-10400F 229

x264 encoding pass 2

i7-8700 75

i5-10400F 81 +8%

Passmark

i7-8700 13076 +0.4%

i5-10400F 13029

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Core i7-8700 and Core i5-10400F are for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.

Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700

0.4% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($890.00 USD vs $928.00 USD)

Higher maximum frequency (4600 vs 4300 MHz)

Higher base frequency (3200 vs 2900 MHz)

TSX-NI (Transactional Synchronization Extensions New Instructions - hardware acceleration of multithreaded calculations for Intel CPUs)

vPro (a marketing umbrella term for several Intel technologies: AMT, TXT, EDB, VT, Anti-Theft and some others)

AES (Advanced Encryption Standard instructions set - hardware acceleration of AES encryption and decryption. Speeds up encryption software, e.g. Veracrypt)

x86-64 (a general name for 64-bit extension of x86 instruction set. There are AMD64 and Intel 64 versions that differ very little)

TransactionalSynchronizationExtensionVersion

SIPP

MemoryProtectionExtensionsVersion

QuickSyncVideo

Advantages of Intel Core i5-10400F

Much newer (30 April 2020 vs 1 January 2018)

Intel 64 (64-bit Intel CPU architecture. Almost identical to AMD64, except small and rarely used nuances)

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