8-core Coffee Lake CPUs Are Surfacing in SiSoftware Database
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Fox2232
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You can compare the clock-for-clock maths all day long, but the 8700K beats the 2700x in about half of the multi-threaded synthetics out there on any review site with two less cores (wtff??). And with toothpaste!??
In addition, the 8700K is a better gamer for most games even at higher than 1080p resolutions.
The fact that one processor is clocked higher than another out of the box is because it CAN be.
I am seriously impressed with what AMD has to offer these days. I'm also happy AMD forced Intel to play their hand. The 2700x brought me into the CPU-buying market for the first time in 6 years. The 8700K was probably meant to be the next $600 enthusiast 6-core, but they had to do something better than that because of AMD.
I wanted to buy a 2700x and if AMD would have released a faster processor out of the box (most reviews say one of the cores hits 4.3, but most stay under 4GHz) - equal to or faster than the 8700K - I would have purchased the AMD. I may have made a mistake, but - unless Intel or AMD really change the face of computing sooner - five or six years from now I'll make up for it with my next CPU.
I should also add that at my local Micro Center, the 8700K is $299.
I think both companies now make great products, but you just have to go with what works for you.
alanm