Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i7-12700

Core i9-10900F vs Core i7-12700 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core i9-10900F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-10900F has 10 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.