Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU vs MSI Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K

120specifications compared
37differ
83identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 1 th gen Intel® Core™ i7 more processor generation than the MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU (8th gen Intel® Core™ i7 vs 7th gen Intel® Core™ i7). The MSI Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 2 more processor cores than the MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU (6 vs 4). The MSI Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K has 4 more processor threads than the MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU (12 vs 8). Only the MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU has NVIDIA G-SYNC. Only the MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU has NVIDIA GameWorks VR.

Processor generation
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:7th gen Intel® Core™ i7
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:8th gen Intel® Core™ i7
Processor model
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:i7-7700
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:i7-8700K
Processor cores
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:4
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:6
Processor threads
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:8
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12
Processor boost frequency
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:4.2 GHz
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:4.7 GHz
Processor frequency
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:3.6 GHz
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:3.7 GHz
Processor cache
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:8 MB
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:12 MB
Processor codename
- 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU:Kaby Lake
- Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K:Coffee Lake

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Comparison of 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU, 8RC-221TW
140 specifications	A MSI 3 Arctic VR7RD-079AU View product	B MSI Infinite 8RC-221TW Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700K Model 8RC-221TW View product
Processor11 differ
Processor generationDiffers	7th gen Intel® Core™ i7	8th gen Intel® Core™ i7
Processor modelDiffers	i7-7700	i7-8700K
Processor coresDiffers	4	6
Processor threadsDiffers	8	12
Processor boost frequencyDiffers	4.2 GHz	4.7 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers	3.6 GHz	3.7 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers	8 MB	12 MB
Processor operating modesKnown for one	64-bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor codenameDiffers	Kaby Lake	Coffee Lake
Thermal Design Power (TDP)Differs	65 W	95 W
Processor socketKnown for one	LGA 1151 (Socket H4)	Unknown — not stated by the source
SteppingKnown for one	B0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory types supported by processorDiffers	DDR3L, DDR4-SDRAM	DDR4-SDRAM
Memory clock speeds supported by processorDiffers	1333,1600,2133,2400 MHz	2666 MHz
Memory voltage supported by processorKnown for one	1.35 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel Core i7-8700 Desktop Series
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	41.6 GB/s
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	8 GB
Memory slotsDiffers	2x SO-DIMM	2x DIMM
Storage2 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers	1.25 TB	1.12 TB
Optical drive typeKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD capacityDiffers	256 GB	128 GB
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Number of SSDs installedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Graphics8 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffers	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	8 GB	4 GB
On-board graphics card modelDiffers	Intel® HD Graphics 630	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs	1150 MHz	1200 MHz
On-board graphics card IDDiffers	0x5912	0x3E92
On-board graphics card OpenGL versionDiffers	4.4	4.5
NVIDIA G-SYNCDiffers	Yes	No
NVIDIA GameWorks VRDiffers	Yes	No
Number of execution unitsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	24
Performanceidentical
Virtual Reality (VR) readyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Ports & interfaces4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	5
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	3	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI portDiffers	No	Yes
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers	330 W	350 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 PLUS Bronze
Design1 differ
Placement supportedKnown for one	Horizontal/Vertical	Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourDiffers	White	Black
VolumeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	42 L
Processor special features3 differ
Embedded options availableDiffers	Yes	No
Processor ARK IDDiffers	97128	126684
Processor codeKnown for one	SR338	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thermal solution specificationDiffers	PCG 2015C	PCG 2015D
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	353.7 mm	210 mm
DepthDiffers	251.3 mm	450 mm
HeightDiffers	97.6 mm	488 mm
WeightDiffers	3.17 kg	13 kg
Packaging data1 differ
Package weightDiffers	6.09 kg	15 kg
Packaging contentidentical
AC adapter includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power cord includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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