Intel Core i7-2700K vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 10 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

2597 points

3216 points

23% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3839 points

4347 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2213 points

2881 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2133 points

2795 points

31% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.33 points

84.65 points

90% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

133% significantly higher clock speed

1.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.9 GHz

4.4 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

32 GiB

64 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

608th of 1,089

509th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core

12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 November

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-2700K vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1220P is faster than the Core i7-2700K. Despite this, the Core i7-2700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores than the Core i7-2700K. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-2700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1220P.

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 i7-2700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.