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ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K vs MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU

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  • 116specifications compared
  • 36differ
  • 80identical
  • 52known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 6 more processor threads than the MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU (12 vs 6). The ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 0.7 GHz more processor boost frequency than the MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU (4.7 GHz vs 4 GHz). The ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 0.9 GHz more processor frequency than the MSI 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU (3.7 GHz vs 2.8 GHz). Only the ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has card reader integrated. Only the ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP).

  • Processor family
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:Intel® Core™ i7
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor generation
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:8th gen Intel® Core™ i7
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:8th gen Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor model
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:i7-8700K
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:i5-8400
  • Processor threads
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:6
  • Processor boost frequency
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:4.7 GHz
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:4 GHz
  • Processor frequency
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:3.7 GHz
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:2.8 GHz
  • Processor cache
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12 MB
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:9 MB
  • Thermal Design Power (TDP)
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:95 W
    • 3 Arctic 8RC-081AU:65 W

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168 specifications
Processor8 differ
Processor familyDiffersIntel® Core™ i7Intel® Core™ i5
Processor generationDiffers8th gen Intel® Core™ i78th gen Intel® Core™ i5
Processor modelDiffersi7-8700Ki5-8400
Processor threadsDiffers126
Processor boost frequencyDiffers4.7 GHz4 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers3.7 GHz2.8 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers12 MB9 MB
Processor seriesKnown for oneIntel Core i7-8700 Desktop SeriesUnknown — not stated by the source
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs95 W65 W
Processor operating modesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source64-bit
Processor socketKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLGA 1151 (Socket H4)
Memory2 differ
Maximum internal memoryDiffers64 GB32 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one2 x 8 GBUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory slotsDiffers4x DIMM2x SO-DIMM
Memory clock speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2400 MHz
Non-ECCKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Storage4 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers2.25 TB1.25 TB
Optical drive typeDiffersDVD Super MultiNo
HDD capacityDiffers2 TB1 TB
HDD interfaceKnown for oneSATAUnknown — not stated by the source
HDD speedKnown for one7200 RPMUnknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SSDs installedKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD interfaceKnown for onePCI ExpressUnknown — not stated by the source
Card reader integratedDiffersYesNo
Compatible memory cardsKnown for oneSDUnknown — not stated by the source
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers8 GB6 GB
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs1200 MHz1050 MHz
Number of execution unitsDiffers2423
Discrete graphics memory typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceGDDR5
Number of discrete graphics cardsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
CUDAKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
NVIDIA G-SYNCKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Performanceidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel H310 Express
BIOS typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceUEFI AMI
Audio output channelsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5.1 channels
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Cabling technologyKnown for one10/100/1000Base-T(X)Unknown — not stated by the source
Top Wi-Fi standardKnown for oneWi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces4 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers63
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantityDiffers01
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityDiffers20
Number of USB ports with PowerShare supportKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
PowerShareKnown for oneNoUnknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt 2 ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI ports quantityDiffers03
Line-inKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
DC-in jackKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Serial ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one5Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffersBlackWhite
Chassis typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceDesktop
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersWindows 10Windows 10 Home
Processor special features8 differ
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)DiffersYesNo
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) versionDiffers1.000.00
Intel TSX-NIDiffersYesNo
Intel TSX-NI versionDiffers1.000.00
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyDiffersYesNo
Processor ARK IDDiffers126684126687
Thermal solution specificationDiffersPCG 2015DPCG 2015C
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)DiffersYesNo
Audioidentical
Audio chipKnown for oneRealtek ALC1150Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio systemKnown for oneROG SupremeFX AudioUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers179 mm346.2 mm
DepthDiffers400 mm232.5 mm
HeightDiffers456 mm71.8 mm
WeightDiffers11 kg3.17 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Mouse includedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Keyboard includedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
ManualKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Power cord includedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Cables includedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceAC, HDMI
AC adapter includedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Poweridentical
Power supplyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source230 W
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source6.09 kg

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