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 6740E

CORE STATE Sierra Forest

CORE SPECS 96 Cores / 96 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 3.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 96 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 250W

ARCHITECTURE Sierra Forest

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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

2,593

6,525

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

366

921

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

10,805

27,191

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,525

3,838

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

25,727

64,741

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,632

9,140

passmark_data_compression

375,950

1,786,845

passmark_data_encryption

20,143

137,106

passmark_extended_instructions

24,184

78,968

passmark_find_prime_numbers

101

526

passmark_floating_point_math

81,191

309,333

passmark_integer_math

106,554

457,614

passmark_multithread

30,273

76,167

passmark_physics

1,558

7,608

passmark_random_string_sorting

38,970

220,684

passmark_single_thread

3,864

1,997

passmark_singlethread

3,864

1,997

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700

6740E

Core Specs

Cores

12

96 +700.0%

Threads

20

96 +380.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.1

2.4 +14.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

3.2 -34.7%

Frequency (GHz)

2.1

2.4 +14.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

3.2 -34.7%

Multiplier

21

24 +14.3%

SMP CPUs

1

2 +100.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

96 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

4 MB (per module)

L3 Cache

25 MB (shared)

96 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

250 +284.6%

PL1

65W

—

PL2

180W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Sierra Forest

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Sierra Forest

Generation

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Xeon 6 (Sierra Forest-SP)

Process Size

10 nm

5 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

578 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

409.6 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

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 88 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

UPI Links

—

4 x24 20 GT/s

CXL

—

Gen 2.0, 64 Lanes (Shared with PCI-E)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$349

$5265

Part Number

SRL4Q

SRPFV

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

106°C

Bundled Cooler

Laminar RM1

None

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