Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core i7-12700F

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i7-12700F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700F performs better than the Core i7-11700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700F has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-11700KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700F. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700F outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF 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 i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.