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Intel logo Core i7-12700KF
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General information Core i7-12700KF Core i7-8700
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4.6 GHz 8 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700KF Core i7-8700
Overall Score 68700 0 % 53705 21.8 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 62 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 22275 0 % 8319 62.7 %
Single Thread Score 4044.1 0 % 2629.1 35 %
Encrypting Data 23425 MB/s 0 % 4514.4 MB/s 80.7 %
Compressing Data 441.1 MB/s 0 % 183.9 MB/s 58.3 %
String objects sorting 45310.6 thousand/s 0 % 24054.5 thousand/s 46.9 %
Prime numbers generation 114.2 millions/s 0 % 35.2 millions/s 69.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113366 millions/s 0 % 45006.6 millions/s 60.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88420.5 millions/s 0 % 27995.7 millions/s 68.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700KF, Core i7-8700.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700KF Core i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.5 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 253.5 FPS 182.8 FPS
Medium settings 316.9 FPS 228.5 FPS
Low settings 396.2 FPS 285.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %

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 i7-8700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 145.2 FPS
High settings 274.3 FPS 232.3 FPS
Medium settings 342.9 FPS 290.4 FPS
Low settings 428.6 FPS 362.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.3 %
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