Intel Processor N100 vs Intel Core i7-8700K. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 Intel Core i 8000
• Family
  Intel Processor N Intel Core i7
• Generation
  13 8
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-7700K
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i7-9700KF

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Gracemont -
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  4 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.3 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  24 24
• Generation
  12 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  750 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2017
• Shader
  192 192
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-8700K and Intel Processor N100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  38.4 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800 DDR4-2666
• PCIe
  3.0 x 9 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Processor N100 and Intel Core i7-8700K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  6 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Processor N100 and Intel Core i7-8700K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake N Coffee Lake S
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 12 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q4/2017
• Release price
  128 $ -
• Socket
  BGA LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d