Intel Core i7-11700 vs Intel Core i7-12700

Core i7-11700 vs Core i7-12700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Core i7-11700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700 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 i7-11700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-12700 outputs less heat than Core i7-11700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-11700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.