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General information Core i7-12700KF Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Clarkdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
Cores 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 73 W 61.6 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-12700KF Core i3-540
Overall Score 68702 0 % 31563 54.1 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 17 % 80 %
Benchmark Score 22278 0 % 993 95.5 %
Single Thread Score 4036.1 0 % 1276.1 68.4 %
Encrypting Data 23424 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 90.2 %
Compressing Data 434 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 92.3 %
String objects sorting 45448.5 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 89.9 %
Prime numbers generation 115.6 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 91.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 114271 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 93 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88152.8 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 96.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700KF, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700KF Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.8 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 254.0 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 317.5 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 396.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 69.4 %

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 i7-12700KF Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 274.5 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 343.1 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 428.8 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.1 %
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