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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
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Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
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Detailed architecture, platform, memory, and feature data for this CPU.
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About This Product
The Intel Core i7-10700 is an 8-core, 16-thread desktop CPU from the 10th Gen Comet Lake series, offering a base clock of 2.9 GHz and a boost clock of 4.8 GHz. It provides solid multi-threaded performance for productivity tasks and capable gaming performance at 1080p and 1440p resolutions. At its current price, it competes with newer entry-level to mid-range CPUs, often offering a good balance of cores and clock speed for general use cases.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
188.5 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
64.4 pts/$
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Roblox
Mixed player settings
38 FPS
Playable
Reference GPU
Europa Universalis V
Mixed player settings
38 FPS
Playable
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βGood for users needing a balanced CPU for productivity and gaming on an existing LGA1200 platform.β

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