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Intel logo Core i7-12700KF
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General information Core i7-12700KF Core i7-6700
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Threads 20 0 % 8 60 %
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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700KF Core i7-6700
Overall Score 68700 0 % 47827 30.4 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 49 % 42.4 %
Benchmark Score 22275 0 % 5232 76.5 %
Single Thread Score 4044.1 0 % 2271.4 43.8 %
Encrypting Data 23425 MB/s 0 % 2782.8 MB/s 88.1 %
Compressing Data 441.1 MB/s 0 % 112.3 MB/s 74.5 %
String objects sorting 45310.6 thousand/s 0 % 14662.9 thousand/s 67.6 %
Prime numbers generation 114.2 millions/s 0 % 27.1 millions/s 76.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113366 millions/s 0 % 25717.7 millions/s 77.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88420.5 millions/s 0 % 15894.1 millions/s 82 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700KF, Core i7-6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700KF Core i7-6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.5 FPS 96.7 FPS
High settings 253.5 FPS 154.8 FPS
Medium settings 316.9 FPS 193.5 FPS
Low settings 396.2 FPS 241.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 39 %

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 i7-12700KF Core i7-6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 134.8 FPS
High settings 274.3 FPS 215.8 FPS
Medium settings 342.9 FPS 269.7 FPS
Low settings 428.6 FPS 337.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.4 %
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