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Intel logo Core i7-12700KF
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General information Core i7-12700KF Core i5-8400
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 20 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 65 W 65.8 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-12700KF Core i5-8400
Overall Score 68699 0 % 49425 28.1 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 62 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 22274 0 % 5967 73.2 %
Single Thread Score 4032.1 0 % 2366.3 41.3 %
Encrypting Data 23634.8 MB/s 0 % 2776.9 MB/s 88.3 %
Compressing Data 439.3 MB/s 0 % 128.8 MB/s 70.7 %
String objects sorting 45261 thousand/s 0 % 16142.8 thousand/s 64.3 %
Prime numbers generation 114.2 millions/s 0 % 37 millions/s 67.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113595 millions/s 0 % 25916.2 millions/s 77.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 87890 millions/s 0 % 21806.7 millions/s 75.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700KF, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700KF Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.8 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 254.0 FPS 162.3 FPS
Medium settings 317.5 FPS 202.9 FPS
Low settings 396.9 FPS 253.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.1 %

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 i7-12700KF Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 274.4 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 343.1 FPS 275.2 FPS
Low settings 428.8 FPS 344.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.8 %
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