Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i7-12700

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i7-12700 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700 is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-11600KF that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i7-12700 outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.