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Intel logo Core i7-12700F
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General information Core i7-12700F Core i7-6950X
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Alder Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 2.1 GHz 30 % 3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 12 0 % 10 16.7 %
Threads 20 0 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700F Core i7-6950X
Overall Score 66718 0 % 57932 13.2 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 53 % 38.4 %
Benchmark Score 19814 0 % 11264 43.2 %
Single Thread Score 3888.6 0 % 2349.4 39.6 %
Encrypting Data 20352.3 MB/s 0 % 5045 MB/s 75.2 %
Compressing Data 379.7 MB/s 0 % 272.9 MB/s 28.1 %
String objects sorting 39986.5 thousand/s 0 % 35377.6 thousand/s 11.5 %
Prime numbers generation 100.5 millions/s 0 % 78.8 millions/s 21.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 105896 millions/s 0 % 64035.6 millions/s 39.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 82232 millions/s 0 % 40884.6 millions/s 50.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700F, Core i7-6950X.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700F Core i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 152.9 FPS 126.8 FPS
High settings 244.6 FPS 202.9 FPS
Medium settings 305.8 FPS 253.6 FPS
Low settings 382.2 FPS 317.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %

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 i7-6950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.6 FPS 153.0 FPS
High settings 269.7 FPS 244.7 FPS
Medium settings 337.1 FPS 305.9 FPS
Low settings 421.4 FPS 382.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.3 %
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