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ASUS ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K vs MSI Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400

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  • 117specifications compared
  • 41differ
  • 76identical
  • 48known 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 Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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 Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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 Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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 MSI Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 has DVI port.

  • Processor family
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:Intel® Core™ i7
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor generation
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:8th gen Intel® Core™ i7
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:8th gen Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor model
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:i7-8700K
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:i5-8400
  • Processor threads
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:6
  • Processor boost frequency
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:4.7 GHz
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:4 GHz
  • Processor frequency
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:3.7 GHz
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:2.8 GHz
  • Processor cache
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12 MB
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:9 MB
  • Thermal Design Power (TDP)
    • ROG GL12CM-DH781-COD Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:95 W
    • Infinite 8RB-237AU Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400:65 W

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165 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)
Memory3 differ
Internal memoryDiffers16 GB8 GB
Maximum internal memoryDiffers64 GB32 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one2 x 8 GBUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory slotsDiffers4x DIMM2x DIMM
Storage4 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers2.25 TB1.12 TB
Optical drive typeKnown for oneDVD Super MultiUnknown — not stated by the source
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
SSD capacityDiffers256 GB128 GB
SSD interfaceKnown for onePCI ExpressUnknown — not stated by the source
Card reader integratedDiffersYesNo
Compatible memory cardsKnown for oneSDUnknown — not stated by the source
Number of storage drives installedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 2080NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers8 GB4 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 sourceNo
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceNo
Performanceidentical
Virtual Reality (VR) readyKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source7.1 channels
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
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
Bluetooth versionDiffers5.04.2
Ports & interfaces8 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers45
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 quantityDiffers01
Line-inKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers01
DVI portDiffersNoYes
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0Unknown — not stated by the source
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers01
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
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceDesktop
VolumeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source42 L
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 mm210 mm
DepthDiffers400 mm450 mm
HeightDiffers456 mm488 mm
WeightDiffers11 kg13 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
Poweridentical
Power supplyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source350 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source80 PLUS Bronze
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source15 kg

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