Intel® Core™ i7+8700 Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz) includes Intel® Optane™ Memory (16GB)

Intel® Core™ i7+8700 Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz) includes Intel® Optane™ Memory (16GB)

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  • 07/15/2018

    Summary

    Intel anticipated a performance hit in the range of a 2 to 8% when addressing the Variant 4 vulnerability by disabling Speculative Store Bypass, but in our tests it looks more like 1 to 3%. The impact for Linux users appears to align closer to Intel's cla...

  • 06/25/2018

    Summary

    Intel's Core i7-8700 is surprisingly similar to the company's more expensive -8700K in our benchmarks. You do lose the ability to overclock, but save $50 dollars in the exchange. Unfortunately, Intel's bundled cooler isn't able to cope with the -8700'...

    Pros

    Small real-world performance difference compared to Core i7-8700K, Lower price than the -8700K,

    Cons

    Bundled cooler is not sufficient, Locked ratio multiplier

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