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Intel logo Core i7-12700K
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General information Core i7-12700K Core i5-6600
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 22 %
Cores 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 65 W 65.8 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i7-12700K Core i5-6600
Overall Score 68789 0 % 44470 35.4 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 49 % 42.4 %
Benchmark Score 22391 0 % 3911 82.5 %
Single Thread Score 4002.7 0 % 2236.4 44.1 %
Encrypting Data 23768 MB/s 0 % 1795.4 MB/s 92.4 %
Compressing Data 439.5 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 81.4 %
String objects sorting 45922.6 thousand/s 0 % 10115.9 thousand/s 78 %
Prime numbers generation 116.1 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 74.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 115333 millions/s 0 % 15907.6 millions/s 86.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88590.8 millions/s 0 % 13458.6 millions/s 84.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core i5-6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 254.4 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 318.1 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 397.6 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.4 %

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 Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 343.3 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 429.2 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.9 %
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