CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-12700F

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 2022

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 658X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 48 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 144 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 250W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

8,733

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,983

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,837

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,667

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,403

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,005

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,584

6,296

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

364

888

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

10,769

26,235

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,519

3,703

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

25,641

62,466

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,619

8,818

geekbench_multicore

13,389

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,169

N/A

passmark_data_compression

384,463

1,062,062

passmark_data_encryption

20,185

52,357

passmark_extended_instructions

24,783

84,626

passmark_find_prime_numbers

98

649

passmark_floating_point_math

81,804

210,480

passmark_integer_math

107,013

263,995

passmark_multithread

30,445

73,490

passmark_physics

1,488

6,470

passmark_random_string_sorting

39,852

103,028

passmark_single_thread

3,850

3,728

passmark_singlethread

3,850

3,728

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-12700F

658X

Core Specs

Cores

12

24 +100.0%

Threads

20

48 +140.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.1

3 +42.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.9 0.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.1

3 +42.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.9 0.0%

Multiplier

21

30 +42.9%

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)

144 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

250 +284.6%

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

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

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 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)

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$324

$1699

Part Number

SRL4R

SA2D2

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

99°C

Bundled Cooler

Laminar RM1

None

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