CPU Comparison

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INTEL

Intel Core i7-12700K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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Intel

INTEL

Core i7-8700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,276

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,065

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,011

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,202

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,979

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,043

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,947

1,163

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

415

164

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,281

4,846

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,733

684

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

29,241

11,539

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,128

1,629

geekbench_multicore

13,892

6,535

geekbench_singlecore

2,561

1,616

passmark_data_compression

446,595

198,951

passmark_data_encryption

23,408

4,776

passmark_extended_instructions

28,885

13,514

passmark_find_prime_numbers

114

39

passmark_floating_point_math

88,035

28,538

passmark_integer_math

114,264

45,892

passmark_multithread

34,404

13,576

passmark_physics

1,790

811

passmark_random_string_sorting

45,805

25,270

passmark_single_thread

4,013

2,720

passmark_singlethread

4,013

2,720

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700K

i7-8700K

Core Specs

Cores

12

6 -50.0%

Threads

20

12 -40.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

3.7 +2.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

4.7 -6.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

3.7 +2.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

4.7 -6.0%

Multiplier

36

37 +2.8%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

25 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

95 -24.0%

PL1

190W

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PL2

190W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Coffee Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Coffee Lake

Generation

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

14 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

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PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

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E-Core Frequency

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

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P-Core Turbo

4.9 GHz

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$409

$359

Part Number

SRL4N

SR3QRQNMK

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

100°C

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