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Intel logo Core i7-12700
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Intel logo Core i7-9800X

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General information Core i7-12700 Core i7-9800X
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 2.1 GHz 44.7 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4.5 GHz 8.2 %
Cores 12 0 % 8 33.3 %
Threads 20 0 % 16 20 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 60.6 % 165 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
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
8 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 16.5 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700 Core i7-9800X
Overall Score 66818 0 % 58468 12.5 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 68 % 20.9 %
Benchmark Score 19933 0 % 11686 41.4 %
Single Thread Score 3912.1 0 % 2566.4 34.4 %
Encrypting Data 20553.4 MB/s 0 % 6308.7 MB/s 69.3 %
Compressing Data 377.2 MB/s 0 % 251.1 MB/s 33.4 %
String objects sorting 39657.6 thousand/s 0 % 33406.1 thousand/s 15.8 %
Prime numbers generation 103.4 millions/s 0 % 71.1 millions/s 31.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107471 millions/s 0 % 58021.1 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 81333.5 millions/s 0 % 36277.5 millions/s 55.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700, Core i7-9800X.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700 Core i7-9800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 153.2 FPS 128.4 FPS
High settings 245.1 FPS 205.4 FPS
Medium settings 306.4 FPS 256.8 FPS
Low settings 383.0 FPS 321.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %

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 i7-9800X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 153.6 FPS
High settings 269.3 FPS 245.8 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 307.2 FPS
Low settings 420.8 FPS 384.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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