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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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Intel logo Core i7-6900K

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General information Core i7-12700 Core i7-6900K
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 2.1 GHz 34.4 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700 Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 66820 0 % 55286 17.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 53 % 38.4 %
Benchmark Score 19935 0 % 9343 53.1 %
Single Thread Score 3935.6 0 % 2331 40.8 %
Encrypting Data 20429 MB/s 0 % 4056 MB/s 80.1 %
Compressing Data 378.3 MB/s 0 % 216.1 MB/s 42.9 %
String objects sorting 40260.1 thousand/s 0 % 28474.3 thousand/s 29.3 %
Prime numbers generation 104.4 millions/s 0 % 64.3 millions/s 38.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107355 millions/s 0 % 51833.3 millions/s 51.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 82065.9 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 59.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.2 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 245.1 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 306.4 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 383.0 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.4 %

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 i7-12700 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.2 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 269.1 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.4 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 420.5 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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