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General information Core i7-12700K Core i7-6800K
Launched Q4 2021 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 24 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 140 W 26.3 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700K Core i7-6800K
Overall Score 68790 0 % 51360 25.3 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 53 % 37.6 %
Benchmark Score 22392 0 % 6959 68.9 %
Single Thread Score 4022.9 0 % 2285.6 43.2 %
Encrypting Data 23581.6 MB/s 0 % 2910.1 MB/s 87.7 %
Compressing Data 437.8 MB/s 0 % 157.5 MB/s 64 %
String objects sorting 46158.1 thousand/s 0 % 20766.2 thousand/s 55 %
Prime numbers generation 115.9 millions/s 0 % 48.1 millions/s 58.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113510 millions/s 0 % 37612.9 millions/s 66.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 87889.5 millions/s 0 % 24564.2 millions/s 72.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core i7-6800K.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 107.3 FPS
High settings 254.5 FPS 171.6 FPS
Medium settings 318.1 FPS 214.5 FPS
Low settings 397.6 FPS 268.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.5 %

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 i7-6800K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.8 FPS 141.1 FPS
High settings 274.9 FPS 225.8 FPS
Medium settings 343.6 FPS 282.2 FPS
Low settings 429.5 FPS 352.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %
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