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Intel logo Core i5-12600KF
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General information Core i5-12600KF Core i7-3970X
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Alder Lake Sandy Bridge-E
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 2.8 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 150 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-12600KF Core i7-3970X
Overall Score 64900 0 % 48362 25.5 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 28 % 67.1 %
Benchmark Score 17741 0 % 5470 69.2 %
Single Thread Score 3902.5 0 % 1845.5 52.7 %
Encrypting Data 18406 MB/s 0 % 2706.8 MB/s 85.3 %
Compressing Data 335 MB/s 0 % 144.4 MB/s 56.9 %
String objects sorting 35359.3 thousand/s 0 % 21616.6 thousand/s 38.9 %
Prime numbers generation 89.7 millions/s 0 % 40.2 millions/s 55.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 87978.6 millions/s 0 % 32113 millions/s 63.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66671.2 millions/s 0 % 12749 millions/s 80.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600KF, Core i7-3970X.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600KF Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.2 FPS 98.3 FPS
High settings 235.5 FPS 157.3 FPS
Medium settings 294.4 FPS 196.7 FPS
Low settings 368.0 FPS 245.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.2 %

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 i5-12600KF Core i7-3970X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 164.7 FPS 135.7 FPS
High settings 263.5 FPS 217.2 FPS
Medium settings 329.4 FPS 271.4 FPS
Low settings 411.7 FPS 339.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.6 %
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