Core i7-12700KF vs Core i5-12490F specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core i5-12490F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12490F outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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