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General information Core i7-12700K Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Alder Lake Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Threads 20 0 % 2 90 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 65 W 65.8 %
Lithography 10 nm 77.8 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-12700K Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 68787 0 % 30055 56.3 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 10 % 88.2 %
Benchmark Score 22389 0 % 816 96.4 %
Single Thread Score 4039 0 % 1318.4 67.4 %
Encrypting Data 23720.9 MB/s 0 % 1875.9 MB/s 92.1 %
Compressing Data 442.1 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 94.1 %
String objects sorting 46187.2 thousand/s 0 % 3646.8 thousand/s 92.1 %
Prime numbers generation 116.8 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 91.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 114758 millions/s 0 % 5376.6 millions/s 95.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 87962 millions/s 0 % 3281.3 millions/s 96.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 254.4 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 318.0 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 397.6 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 72.3 %

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 i7-12700K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 103.4 FPS
High settings 274.8 FPS 165.5 FPS
Medium settings 343.5 FPS 206.8 FPS
Low settings 429.3 FPS 258.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.8 %
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