Page 2 : Gaming & Overclocking Performance, Specifications, Price & Availability

Better Gaming Performance

Intel promises that the 8th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs will deliver significantly better performance. They paired the Core i7-8700K with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, and noted the following improvements over the Core i7-7700K :

• 25% higher frame rate in Gears of War 4
• 45% better performance while gaming + streaming + recording in PlayerUnknown’s Battleground
• 32% faster 4K video editing in Adobe Premier Pro

There’s the inevitable comparison with older processors to provide a greater performance contrast. Interestingly, Intel only compared against a 3-year CPU (the Intel Core i7-4790K) this time, instead of a 5-year old CPU as they did in past years.

 

Better Overclocking

Unlike AMD whose Ryzen processors are all unlocked, Intel is still restricting the multiplier lock for all 8th Gen Intel Core desktop processors, except for their K-grade processors. But they promise better overclocking features like :

• Per Core Overclocking
• An increase in Memory Ratio up to 8,400 MT/s
• Real-time memory latency control
• Extended PLL trim controls
• Enhanced package power delivery
• Performance Tuning Protection Plan (optional)

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8th Gen Intel Core Desktop CPU Specifications

Here is a table comparing the key specifications of the 8th Gen Intel Core desktop processors :

Specifications	Core i7-8700K	Core i7-8700	Core i5-8600K	Core i5-8400	Core i3-8350K	Core i3-8300	Core i3-8100
Cores	6	6	6	6	4	4	4
Threads	12	12	6	6	4	4	4
Base Clock	3.7 GHz	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz	2.8 GHz	4.0 GHz	4.0 GHz	3.6 GHz
Boost Clock	4.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	4.4 GHz	3.9 GHz	None	None	None
L1 Cache	384 KB	384 KB	384 KB	384 KB	256 KB	256 KB	256 KB
L2 Cache	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1.5 MB	1 MB	1 MB	1 MB
L3 Cache	12 MB	12 MB	9 MB	9 MB	8 MB	6 MB	6 MB
Multiplier Unlocked	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
TDP	95 W	65 W	95 W	65 W	91 W	65 W	65 W

 

8th Gen Intel Core Price & Availability

As we revealed in our Intel Coffee Lake article earlier, Intel is only hiking the price of their Core i7 K-grade CPUs by $20 and their Core i5 K-grade CPUs by $15. All other 8th Gen Intel Core desktop CPU SKUs will maintain price parity with the 7th Gen models they replace.

8th Gen Intel Core		7th Gen Intel Core		Difference
Model	Launch Price	Model	Launch Price
Core i7-8700K	$359	Core i7-7700K	$339	+$20
Core i7-8700	$303	Core i7-7700	$303	–
Core i5-8600K	$257	Core i5-7600K	$242	+$15
Core i5-8400	$182	Core i5-7400	$182	–
Core i3-8350K	$168	Core i3-7350K	$168	–
Core i3-8100	$117	Core i3-7100	$117	–

While Intel announced the details of the 8th Gen Intel Core desktop CPUs on 25 September, they are only making these processors available on 5 October 2017, as originally planned.

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