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Intel logo Core i7-12700F
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General information Core i7-12700F Core i5-6600K
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 2.1 GHz 40 % 3.5 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 28.6 % 91 W 0 %
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 i5-6600K
Overall Score 66721 0 % 44965 32.6 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 49 % 43 %
Benchmark Score 19818 0 % 4088 79.4 %
Single Thread Score 3880.9 0 % 2308.4 40.5 %
Encrypting Data 20218 MB/s 0 % 1852.1 MB/s 90.8 %
Compressing Data 375.1 MB/s 0 % 85.2 MB/s 77.3 %
String objects sorting 40435.9 thousand/s 0 % 10579.1 thousand/s 73.8 %
Prime numbers generation 99.5 millions/s 0 % 30.8 millions/s 69 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 105928 millions/s 0 % 16288.1 millions/s 84.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 82165 millions/s 0 % 14130.3 millions/s 82.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-12700F Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.9 FPS 88.2 FPS
High settings 244.6 FPS 141.1 FPS
Medium settings 305.8 FPS 176.4 FPS
Low settings 382.2 FPS 220.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.3 %

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 i7-12700F Core i5-6600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 129.8 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 207.6 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 259.5 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 324.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.8 %
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