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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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General information Core i7-12700 Core i9-7980XE
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 2.1 GHz 19.2 % 2.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 12 33.3 % 18 0 %
Threads 20 44.4 % 36 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 60.6 % 165 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
18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
18 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 24 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700 Core i9-7980XE
Overall Score 66817 0 % 66461 0.5 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 60 % 30.2 %
Benchmark Score 19932 0 % 19511 2.1 %
Single Thread Score 3900.3 0 % 2489.9 36.2 %
Encrypting Data 20655.3 MB/s 0 % 11739 MB/s 43.2 %
Compressing Data 376.4 MB/s 27.8 % 521.7 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 39933.9 thousand/s 38.4 % 64856.5 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 104.4 millions/s 5.2 % 110.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107153 millions/s 8.9 % 117591 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 82896.4 millions/s 0 % 72334.2 millions/s 12.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700, Core i9-7980XE.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i9-7980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.2 FPS 152.1 FPS
High settings 245.1 FPS 243.4 FPS
Medium settings 306.4 FPS 304.2 FPS
Low settings 383.0 FPS 380.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 i9-7980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.2 FPS 167.6 FPS
High settings 269.2 FPS 268.1 FPS
Medium settings 336.5 FPS 335.1 FPS
Low settings 420.6 FPS 418.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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