Intel Core i7-8700 vs Intel Celeron G3900

Intel Core i7-8700
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 6 / Jan 2018
Intel Core i7-8700
Intel Celeron G3900
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
2800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Sep 2015
Intel Celeron G3900

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8700
    347%
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8700
    157%
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • Intel Core i7-8700
    537%
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-8700

Much higher single threaded performance (around 57% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 437% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 247% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider Intel Celeron G3900

None

Intel Core i7-8700

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8700

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i7-8700

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-8700

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
HTT
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
Boost 2.0
SSE4.1

Architecture

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
ArchitectureIntel_CoffelakevsIntel_Kabylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3, DDR4
CodenameCoffee LakevsSkylake
Release DateJan 2018vsSep 2015

Cores

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
Cores6vs2
Threads12vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsIntel UHD 630vsIntel HD 510

Cache

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
L1 Cache64 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache256 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache12288 KB (shared)vs4096 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
SocketIntel Socket 1151vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Temp72°Cvs65°C
PackageFC-LGA1151vs
Die Size151mm²vs150mm²
Process14 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-8700Intel Celeron G3900
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs2800 MHz
Turbo Clock4600 MHzvsnone
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltageunknownvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs51 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8700
    5520 points
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    3360 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-8700
    27648 points
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    6720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
    197.7
  • Intel Celeron G3900 (simulated)
    125.65

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • Intel Core i7-8700 (simulated)
    1221.19
  • Intel Celeron G3900
    227

points - higher is better