Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Pentium Dual E2140

Core i7-12700K vs Pentium Dual E2140 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Pentium Dual E2140. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium Dual E2140 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores than the Pentium Dual E2140. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Dual E2140. It also has more threads than the Pentium Dual E2140. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium Dual E2140.

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