Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-12700F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-12700F

Price

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$ 318.24

$ 244.97

$ 73.27 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10390 points

10416 points

0.25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points

3% slightly better gaming score

12172 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points

9844 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points

9714 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points

9522 points

0.07% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points

270.50 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

21751 points

42% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

15291 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9492 points

11687 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1788 points

2341 points

30% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points

11785 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points

2387 points

0.51% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

Identical

3.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

Identical

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

Identical

960 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

Identical

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089

77th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-12700F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700F is faster than the Core i7-12700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-12700 and Core i7-12700F have the same clock speed. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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.

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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.