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

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

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i7-11700KF in overall performance. 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 i7-12700K 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. Both the Core i7-11700KF and Core i7-12700K have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-11700KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.