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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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General information Core i7-12700 Core i9-9960X
Launched Q1 2022 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 2.1 GHz 32.3 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 10.2 %
Cores 12 25 % 16 0 %
Threads 20 37.5 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 60.6 % 165 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700 Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 66806 0 % 66561 0.4 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 69 % 19.8 %
Benchmark Score 19919 0 % 19628 1.5 %
Single Thread Score 3894.4 0 % 2600.2 33.2 %
Encrypting Data 20581.6 MB/s 0 % 11283.4 MB/s 45.2 %
Compressing Data 371.8 MB/s 26.1 % 503.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 40078 thousand/s 37.4 % 64055 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 103.3 millions/s 6.9 % 110.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 108406 millions/s 7.3 % 116885 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 81384.9 millions/s 0 % 72573.6 millions/s 10.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700, Core i9-9960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.1 FPS 152.4 FPS
High settings 245.0 FPS 243.9 FPS
Medium settings 306.3 FPS 304.8 FPS
Low settings 382.9 FPS 381.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-12700 Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.2 FPS 167.8 FPS
High settings 269.2 FPS 268.5 FPS
Medium settings 336.5 FPS 335.6 FPS
Low settings 420.6 FPS 419.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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