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Intel logo Core i7-12700F
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General information Core i7-12700F Core i5-6600
Launched Q1 2022 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 2.1 GHz 36.4 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 3.9 GHz 20.4 %
Cores 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
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
Performance Core i7-12700F Core i5-6600
Overall Score 66716 0 % 44470 33.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 49 % 43 %
Benchmark Score 19811 0 % 3911 80.3 %
Single Thread Score 3911.9 0 % 2236.4 42.8 %
Encrypting Data 20144.1 MB/s 0 % 1795.4 MB/s 91.1 %
Compressing Data 379.1 MB/s 0 % 81.9 MB/s 78.4 %
String objects sorting 40170.1 thousand/s 0 % 10115.9 thousand/s 74.8 %
Prime numbers generation 99.8 millions/s 0 % 29.2 millions/s 70.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 105717 millions/s 0 % 15907.6 millions/s 85 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 81989 millions/s 0 % 13458.6 millions/s 83.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-12700F Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.9 FPS 86.8 FPS
High settings 244.6 FPS 138.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.8 FPS 173.6 FPS
Low settings 382.2 FPS 217.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.2 %

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 i7-12700F Core i5-6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 128.9 FPS
High settings 268.8 FPS 206.2 FPS
Medium settings 336.0 FPS 257.8 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 322.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.3 %
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