These DDR4 dual-channel memory controllers look to be good for around 31-39GB/s of memory bandwidth when using 3200 memory. Coffee Lake System Specsīenchmark Time Memory and Application Performanceįirst up let's check out the memory bandwidth performance. The six-core 8400 is just $10 more and I think I'd rather have the two extra cores for such a small price increase rather than the ability to overclock, but let's see what the benchmarks have to say. We're also interested to see how the 8350K compares to the Core i5-8400. Z370 boards currently start at $120, while B350 boards can be had for as little as $60 or about half the price. The only disadvantage the locked 8100 part faces right now is the complete lack of budget motherboards. Whereas the Core i3-8350K is priced to compete with the Ryzen 5 1500X, the 8100 takes on the Ryzen 3 series. Although it's locked at 3.6GHz, it should be comparable to the Core i5-7400 or 7500, sporting the same 6MB 元 cache, but roughly 40% more affordable. The Core i3-8100 goes for a much more appealing $120. In short, you're essentially getting a little more for a little less with the 8350K. With that in mind, we've purchased the more affordable Core i3-81K to see what they have to offer.įor $180 the Core i3-8350K is nearly a rebadged Core i5-7600K: both are 14nm quad-cores operating at ~4GHz, but the 8350K is 25% cheaper and should be faster thanks to a larger 8MB 元 cache. With supply being very limited at the moment, buying one this year might be challenging even if you are interested. Nonetheless, we recognize that it may not be an attractive upgrade for existing 7700K owners, not to mention that it's somewhat expensive at $360. Although it's essentially a 7700K with two additional cores and some extra 元 cache, Intel's Coffee Lake-based Core i7-8700K proved to be enough of an advancement over its Kaby Lake predecessor for us to crown it the new gaming king a few days ago.

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