CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-12700KF

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

Xeon 654

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 18 Cores / 36 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 72 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 200W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,282

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,065

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,011

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,211

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,983

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,043

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,907

5,256

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

410

742

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,113

21,903

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,709

3,092

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,841

52,150

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,071

7,362

geekbench_multicore

14,524

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,273

N/A

passmark_data_compression

441,960

818,902

passmark_data_encryption

23,181

40,675

passmark_extended_instructions

28,650

63,539

passmark_find_prime_numbers

112

390

passmark_floating_point_math

87,449

163,093

passmark_integer_math

113,521

207,745

passmark_multithread

34,092

61,353

passmark_physics

1,780

5,596

passmark_random_string_sorting

45,150

82,828

passmark_single_thread

3,984

3,778

passmark_singlethread

3,984

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700KF

654

Core Specs

Cores

12

18 +50.0%

Threads

20

36 +80.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

3.1 -13.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

4.8 -4.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

3.1 -13.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

4.8 -4.0%

Multiplier

36

31 -13.9%

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)

72 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

200 +60.0%

PL1

190W

—

PL2

190W

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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

2x 598 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

Z690, H670, B660, H610

W890

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

—

E-Core Frequency

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

—

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$384

$1199

Part Number

SRL4P

SA2DP

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

96°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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