Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

8281 points

8351 points

0.85% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10754 points

10838 points

0.78% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

7548 points

0.98% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points

7300 points

0.41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.26 points

224.34 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11108 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9560 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2402 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2256 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% 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

5.3 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

35 W

257% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

960 KiB

49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

12 MiB

200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

136th of 1,089

132nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-11900K vs Core i7-12700T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900K is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-11900K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Core i7-12700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.