Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-4770S

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 4 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

10390 points
297% significantly better overall score
2614 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points
197% significantly better gaming score
4222 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points
352% significantly better multitasking score
2140 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points
363% significantly better heavy workload score
2055 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points
289% significantly higher Blender score
66.55 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9492 points
195% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
3214 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1788 points
69% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1052 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points
201% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
3647 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points
101% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1178 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
200% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
3.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 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

20
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089
606th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-4770S specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700 is faster than the Core i7-4770S. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4770S in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4770S. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4770S. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4770S. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4770S. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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.

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

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