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Prices and StockMSRP $349
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MSRP $349
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-12400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700 is 21 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-12400.
Advantages of Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 4% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-12400 - 489 vs 472 FPS
- Up to 89% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - £281.70 vs £2511.32
- Up to 89% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Core i5-12400 - £0.58 vs £5.32 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 16 vs 12 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
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Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
489
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.58/FPS
100%
Price, £
£281.7
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12400 | vs | Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
25.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-12400 or Core i7-12700
With selected game settings
335 FPS
£2.95/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£989
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335 FPS
£3.05/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,023.2
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335 FPS
£2.89/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£969.2
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335 FPS
£2.74/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£919
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335 FPS
£2.56/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£859.2
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£2.79/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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Laptops Using Core i5-12400 or Core i7-12700
With selected game settings
264 FPS
£4.89/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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293 FPS
£5.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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293 FPS
£5.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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318 FPS
£6.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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318 FPS
£2.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£699
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330 FPS
£7.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,495
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311 FPS
£3.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,049
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293 FPS
£4.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,284
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318 FPS
£8.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,688
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293 FPS
£4.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,435
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