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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-8700 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-8700 is 688 days older than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-8700
- Performs up to 18% better in Starfield than Athlon 3000G - 60 vs 51 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 93% cheaper than Core i7-8700 - $63.83 vs $869.99
- Up to 91% better value when playing Starfield than Core i7-8700 - $1.25 vs $14.5 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700 - 35 vs 65 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-8700 doesn't have integrated graphics
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
FPS
60
100%
Value, $/FPS
$14.5/FPS
8.620689655172415%
Price, $
$869.99
7%
FPS Winner
STGAubron Gaming Desktop PC,Intel Core i7-8700 up to 4.6G,GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6,32G DDR4,2T SSD,WiFi,BT 5.0, RGB Keybaord, RGB Mouse, RGB Mouse Pad, RGB Bluetooth Sound Bar, Headset Mic,W11H64
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Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
FPS
51
85%
Value, $/FPS
$1.25/FPS
100%
Price, $
$63.83
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 3000G 2-Core, 4-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Radeon Graphics
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-8700
Desktop • Jan 1st, 2018
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Single-Core
957
63.251817580964975%
Multi-Core
1975
33.44623200677392%
Intel Core i7-8700 | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1st, 2018 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Athlon |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-8700 or Athlon 3000G
Starfield, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
1 FPS
$1249/FPS
GeForce GTX 1050
Core i7-8700
8 GB, N/A Storage
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$1,249
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6 FPS
$416.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 2060
Core i7-8700
8 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,499
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1 FPS
$1299/FPS
Radeon Pro WX 3100
Core i7-8700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$1,299
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