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Intel logo Core i7-12700K
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General information Core i7-12700K Core i9-9960X
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2019
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 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 12 %
Cores 12 25 % 16 0 %
Threads 20 37.5 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 165 W 13.2 %
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
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700K Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 68790 0 % 66672 3.1 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 69 % 18.8 %
Benchmark Score 22392 0 % 19760 11.8 %
Single Thread Score 4022.9 0 % 2627.1 34.7 %
Encrypting Data 23581.6 MB/s 0 % 11355.2 MB/s 51.8 %
Compressing Data 437.8 MB/s 13.5 % 506.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 46158.1 thousand/s 29 % 65055 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 115.9 millions/s 0 % 113.5 millions/s 2.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113510 millions/s 4.3 % 118566 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 87889.5 millions/s 0 % 73492.8 millions/s 16.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core i9-9960X.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 152.7 FPS
High settings 254.5 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 318.1 FPS 305.5 FPS
Low settings 397.6 FPS 381.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %

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 i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.8 FPS 168.0 FPS
High settings 274.9 FPS 268.9 FPS
Medium settings 343.6 FPS 336.1 FPS
Low settings 429.5 FPS 420.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %
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