Intel Core i7-12700T vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 20 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

8351 points
15072 points
80% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10838 points
15233 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7548 points
14981 points
98% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7300 points
14876 points
103% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.34 points
346.56 points
54% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
Identical
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
71% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
36 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
30 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

132nd of 1,089
23rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700T vs Core Ultra 7 265F benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 265F is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265F has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 265F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12700T. The Core Ultra 7 265F also has slightly more L3 cache.

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

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