Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i7-5930K

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i7-5930K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core i7-5930K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5930K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-5930K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-5930K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-5930K. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-5930K outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF thanks to a slightly 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.