Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

6751 points
1% slightly better overall score
6632 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points
16% slightly better gaming score
7128 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points
6506 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points
6504 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points
188.94 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8131 points
11628 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1719 points
2268 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
174% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
35 W
257% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

207th of 1,089
214th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-10700K vs Core i9-12900T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700K is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly 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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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