Intel Core i9-10920X vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare Intel Core X-series 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

7975 points

8351 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7849 points

10838 points

38% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8024 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

7548 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8038 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

7300 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

251.40 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

224.34 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11106 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9560 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1664 points

2256 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

150% significantly higher clock speed

1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

35 W

371% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

139% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

960 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

Identical

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

158th of 1,125

142nd of 1,125

Family

The product line

Core X-series

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-10920X vs Core i7-12700T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700T is faster than the Core i9-10920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-10920X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10920X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700T outputs less heat than Core i9-10920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.