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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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General information Core i7-12700 Core i5-8600K
Launched Q1 2022 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 2.1 GHz 41.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 12.2 %
Cores 12 0 % 6 50 %
Threads 20 0 % 6 70 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 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
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 i7-12700 Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 66820 0 % 50677 24.2 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 62 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 19935 0 % 6595 66.9 %
Single Thread Score 3935.6 0 % 2611.2 33.7 %
Encrypting Data 20429 MB/s 0 % 3123.6 MB/s 84.7 %
Compressing Data 378.3 MB/s 0 % 139.2 MB/s 63.2 %
String objects sorting 40260.1 thousand/s 0 % 17490.9 thousand/s 56.6 %
Prime numbers generation 104.4 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 59.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107355 millions/s 0 % 27927 millions/s 74 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 82065.9 millions/s 0 % 23930 millions/s 70.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.2 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 245.1 FPS 168.4 FPS
Medium settings 306.4 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 383.0 FPS 263.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.3 %

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 i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.2 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 269.1 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.4 FPS 279.6 FPS
Low settings 420.5 FPS 349.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.9 %
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