Core i9 7980XE vs. Core i7 8700K Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS) and MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i9 7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV117 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180204, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: Wayland, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.3.3, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Core i7 8700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A (0606 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.7 (git-bdfd5658e7) Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.1), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0 + LLVM 7.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 5.68 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 4.92 |================================================= Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 103.59 |=================================== Core i7 8700K .. 159.30 |====================================================== BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 4.32 |===================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 4.57 |======================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 90.11 |================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 100.13 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 86.88 |======================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 3812.44 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K .. 4278.44 |===================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 3828.47 |===================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 353.12 |================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 393.04 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 347.27 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 275.96 |================================================ Core i7 8700K .. 309.91 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 277.47 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 135.56 |================================================ Core i7 8700K .. 152.07 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 135.58 |====================================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 28.91 |============================ Core i7 8700K .. 55.86 |======================================================= VP9 libvpx Encoding 1.7.0 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 1.16 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 1.10 |===================================================== x264 2018-02-05 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 125.13 |====================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 72.11 |=============================== POV-Ray 3.7.0.7 Trace Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 32.80 |============================= Core i7 8700K .. 62.37 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 29.76 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 26.74 |================================================= eSpeak Speech Engine 1.48.04 Text-To-Speech Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 29.47 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 25.28 |=============================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 13.66 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 4.44 |================== GnuPG 1.4.22 2GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 10.60 |======================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 9.78 |=================================================== Mencoder 1.3.0 AVI To LAVC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 19.58 |======================================================= OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 4649.03 |===================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 1963.03 |====================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.29 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 31882.95 |==================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 30842.26 |================================================== Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 0.95 |===================================== Core i7 8700K .. 1.45 |======================================================== Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 112 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 114 |========================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 123 |========================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 103 |================================================ Schbench Message Threads: 2 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 122 | Core i7 8700K .. 15397 |======================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 117 |========================================================= Core i7 8700K .. 103 |================================================== Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 120 | Core i7 8700K .. 20725 |======================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 4 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 123 | Core i7 8700K .. 25632 |======================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 2 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 114 |= Core i7 8700K .. 5750 |======================================================== Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 4 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 118 | Core i7 8700K .. 21877 |======================================================= Schbench Message Threads: 6 - Workers Per Message Thread: 6 usec, 99.9th Latency Percentile < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 5797 |====== Core i7 8700K .. 53653 |======================================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 7868514 |=============================================== Core i7 8700K .. 8851486 |===================================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.3 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i9 7980XE . 6.16 |======================================================== Core i7 8700K .. 5.50 |================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: KASUMI - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K . 97.30 |======================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: AES-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K . 4292.35 |====================================================== Botan 2.4.0 Test: Twofish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K . 392.04 |======================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: Blowfish - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K . 310.35 |======================================================= Botan 2.4.0 Test: CAST-256 - Encrypt - Decrypt MiB/s > Higher Is Better Core i7 8700K . 152.07 |=======================================================