CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-11700K

CORE STATE Rocket Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Rocket Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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Intel

INTEL

Core i7-12700

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.1 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE —

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

8,095

8,764

3dmark_2_threads

1,907

1,987

3dmark_4_threads

3,653

3,824

3dmark_8_threads

6,370

6,775

3dmark_max_threads

8,080

9,446

3dmark_single_thread

977

1,012

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,090

2,593

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

294

366

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

8,712

10,805

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,229

1,525

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

20,744

25,727

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,928

3,632

geekbench_multicore

9,910

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,249

N/A

passmark_data_compression

322,689

375,950

passmark_data_encryption

15,638

20,143

passmark_extended_instructions

22,964

24,184

passmark_find_prime_numbers

66

101

passmark_floating_point_math

51,119

81,191

passmark_integer_math

86,390

106,554

passmark_multithread

24,408

30,273

passmark_physics

1,039

1,558

passmark_random_string_sorting

36,755

38,970

passmark_single_thread

3,390

3,864

passmark_singlethread

3,390

3,864

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-11700K

i7-12700

Core Specs

Cores

8

12 +50.0%

Threads

16

20 +25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

2.1 -41.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

4.9 -2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

2.1 -41.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

4.9 -2.0%

Multiplier

36

21 -41.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

16 MB (shared)

25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

65 -48.0%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

180W

Architecture

Architecture

Rocket Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Rocket Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Rocket Lake-S)

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

—

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

H510, B560, Z590, Q470, H470, W480, Z490

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

1600 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 750

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$399

$349

Part Number

SRKNL

SRL4Q

Package

FC-LGA14A

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

—

Laminar RM1

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