CPU Comparison

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Intel

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 —

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 634

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.7 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 48 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 150W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

8,764

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,987

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,824

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,775

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,446

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,012

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,553

3,220

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

360

454

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

10,641

13,419

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,502

1,894

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

25,338

31,950

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,577

4,510

passmark_data_compression

375,950

477,924

passmark_data_encryption

20,143

23,451

passmark_extended_instructions

24,184

38,320

passmark_find_prime_numbers

101

196

passmark_floating_point_math

81,191

93,564

passmark_integer_math

106,554

117,664

passmark_multithread

30,273

37,589

passmark_physics

1,558

2,250

passmark_random_string_sorting

38,970

47,016

passmark_single_thread

3,864

3,567

passmark_singlethread

3,864

3,567

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700

634

Core Specs

Cores

12

12 0.0%

Threads

20

24 +20.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.1

2.7 +28.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.6 -6.1%

Frequency (GHz)

2.1

2.7 +28.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.6 -6.1%

Multiplier

21

27 +28.6%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

25 MB (shared)

48 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

150 +130.8%

PL1

65W

—

PL2

180W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Granite Rapids

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Granite Rapids

Generation

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

10 nm

5 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

598 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

204.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 80 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

—

E-Core Frequency

1600 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

—

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$349

$499

Part Number

SRL4Q

SA2DL

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

87°C

Bundled Cooler

Laminar RM1

None

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