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Intel logo Core i7-12700K
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General information Core i7-12700K Core i5-8600K
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 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 14 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 95 W 50 %
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
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i7-12700K Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 68792 0 % 50677 26.3 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 62 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 22395 0 % 6595 70.6 %
Single Thread Score 3994.7 0 % 2611.2 34.6 %
Encrypting Data 23487.3 MB/s 0 % 3123.6 MB/s 86.7 %
Compressing Data 442.2 MB/s 0 % 139.2 MB/s 68.5 %
String objects sorting 46067.9 thousand/s 0 % 17490.9 thousand/s 62 %
Prime numbers generation 115.5 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 63.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 114197 millions/s 0 % 27927 millions/s 75.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88067.3 millions/s 0 % 23930 millions/s 72.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 254.5 FPS 168.4 FPS
Medium settings 318.1 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 397.6 FPS 263.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.8 %

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 i7-12700K Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 343.3 FPS 279.6 FPS
Low settings 429.2 FPS 349.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.6 %
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