Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i7-1255U

Core i7-12700F vs Core i7-1255U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700F is faster than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700F has slightly more cores than the Core i7-1255U. Indeed, the Core i7-12700F has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-1255U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1255U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1255U. Also, the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1255U outputs less heat than Core i7-12700F 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 i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.