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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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General information Core i7-12700 Core i7-6850K
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 41.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
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
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 i7-12700 Core i7-6850K
Overall Score 66818 0 % 52179 21.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 53 % 38.4 %
Benchmark Score 19933 0 % 7413 62.8 %
Single Thread Score 3880.8 0 % 2415 37.8 %
Encrypting Data 20470.1 MB/s 0 % 3167.9 MB/s 84.5 %
Compressing Data 371.5 MB/s 0 % 166.6 MB/s 55.2 %
String objects sorting 39978.8 thousand/s 0 % 22397.7 thousand/s 44 %
Prime numbers generation 104.6 millions/s 0 % 50 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 106391 millions/s 0 % 39339.7 millions/s 63 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 81904.5 millions/s 0 % 25869.2 millions/s 68.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700, Core i7-6850K.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.2 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 245.1 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 306.4 FPS 219.3 FPS
Low settings 383.0 FPS 274.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.4 %

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 i7-6850K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.5 FPS 142.6 FPS
High settings 269.6 FPS 228.2 FPS
Medium settings 337.0 FPS 285.3 FPS
Low settings 421.2 FPS 356.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %
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