Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6267 points
7213 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7929 points
10096 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5718 points
6311 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5568 points
6106 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6944 points
16% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5956 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

143.42 points
160.34 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
3 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
Identical
65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
7.5 MiB
274% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

238th of 1,089
177th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-10700 vs Core i5-12490F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12490F is faster than the Core i7-10700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core i7-10700 has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700. The Core i5-12490F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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