CPU Comparison

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Intel

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 Ultra 7 255HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

4,350

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

415

614

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,281

18,128

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,733

2,559

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

29,241

43,162

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,128

6,093

geekbench_multicore

13,892

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,561

N/A

passmark_data_compression

446,595

548,248

passmark_data_encryption

23,408

41,662

passmark_extended_instructions

28,885

44,240

passmark_find_prime_numbers

114

422

passmark_floating_point_math

88,035

168,930

passmark_integer_math

114,264

132,810

passmark_multithread

34,404

50,739

passmark_physics

1,790

3,062

passmark_random_string_sorting

45,805

66,420

passmark_single_thread

4,013

4,645

passmark_singlethread

4,013

4,645

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700K

Ultra 7 255HX

Core Specs

Cores

12

20 +66.7%

Threads

20

20 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

5.2 +4.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

5.2 +4.0%

Multiplier

36

24 -33.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

25 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

55 -56.0%

PL1

190W

55 W

PL2

190W

160 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

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17,800 million

Die Size

215 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 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 BGA 2114

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

1800 MHz up to 4.5 GHz

P-Core Turbo

4.9 GHz

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AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$409

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Part Number

SRL4N

SRVFG

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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