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General information Core i7-12700KF Core i9-10940X
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Cascade Lake-X
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 0 % 4.8 GHz 4 %
Cores 12 14.3 % 14 0 %
Threads 20 28.6 % 28 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 165 W 13.2 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 50 % 256 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
14 × 32 kB Instruction
14 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
14 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 19.25 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700KF Core i9-10940X
Overall Score 68701 0 % 65148 5.2 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 73 % 14.1 %
Benchmark Score 22276 0 % 18014 19.1 %
Single Thread Score 4036.1 0 % 2690.4 33.3 %
Encrypting Data 23633.8 MB/s 0 % 10305 MB/s 56.4 %
Compressing Data 434 MB/s 1.7 % 441.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 45723.3 thousand/s 20.2 % 57317.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 115.9 millions/s 0 % 96.4 millions/s 16.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 113579 millions/s 0 % 105207 millions/s 7.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88500.7 millions/s 0 % 65270 millions/s 26.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700KF, Core i9-10940X.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700KF Core i9-10940X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.8 FPS 148.2 FPS
High settings 254.0 FPS 237.1 FPS
Medium settings 317.5 FPS 296.3 FPS
Low settings 396.9 FPS 370.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %

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 i9-10940X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 165.4 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 264.6 FPS
Medium settings 343.4 FPS 330.7 FPS
Low settings 429.2 FPS 413.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %
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