Hardware Intel Coffee Lake i7 8700k & I5 8400

Intel 8th generation Coffee Lake has been released as a fresh update for Intel Kaby Lake 7th generation.

• https://www.anandtech.com/show/11859/the-anandtech-coffee-lake-review-8700k-and-8400-initial-numbers
• Intel Core i7 8700K Linux Benchmarks Review - Phoronix
• Intel Core i5 8400 Linux Performance Review - Phoronix

While clock speed of i7 8700K 6C/12T @4.2-4.5Ghz is lower than i7 7700K 4C/8T @3.7-4.7Ghz, the extra 2 cpu cores gives a nice boost for multi-threaded work loads even matching or beating AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 8C/16T in some benchmarks.

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Intel Coffee Lake Core i7-8700K review: The best gaming CPU you can buy

CODENAME / YEAR	PROCESS	PROMINENT CONSUMER CPU BRANDING	TICK/TOCK
Westmere (2010)	32nm	Core i3/i5/i7	Tick (new process)
Sandy Bridge (2011)	32nm	Second-generation Core i3/i5/i7	Tock (new architecture)
Ivy Bridge (2012)	22nm	Third-generation Core i3/i5/i7	Tick
Haswell (2013)	22nm	Fourth-generation Core i3/i5/i7	Tock
Broadwell (2014-15)	14nm	Fifth-generation Core i3/i5/i7, Core M	Tick/"Process"
Skylake (2015-16)	14nm	Sixth-generation Core i3/i5/i7, Core m3/m5/m7	Tock/"Architecture"
Kaby Lake (2016-17)	14nm+	Seventh-generation Core i3/i5/i7, Core m3	"Optimization"
Coffee Lake (2017-18)	14nm++	Eighth-generation Core i3/i5/i7	"Optimization"

 

Intel Coffee Lake cpus will now be made in both Malaysia and China https://www.anandtech.com/show/12057/intel-to-use-additional-assembly-lines-for-coffee-lake-cpus !