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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700KF outperforms the more expensive Core i7-11700KF on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700KF is 233 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-11700KF.
Advantages of Core i7-12700KF
- Performs up to 1% better in Metro Exodus than Core i7-11700KF - 152 vs 150 FPS
- Up to 50% cheaper than Core i7-11700KF - £218.88 vs £437.18
- Up to 51% better value when playing Metro Exodus than Core i7-11700KF - £1.44 vs £2.91 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700KF - 20 vs 16 threads
Metro Exodus
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Intel Core i7-11700KF 11th Generation Desktop Processor (Base Clock 3.6 GHz TuboBoost 4.9 GHz, 8 Cores, 16 MB Cache, LGA1200) BX8070811700KF
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Core i7-12700KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
FPS
152
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.44/FPS
100%
Price, £
£218.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700KF Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i7-11700KF
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i7-12700KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-11700KF | vs | Core i7-12700KF |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Nov 4th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 16 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 36.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i7-11700KF or Core i7-12700KF
With selected game settings
90 FPS
£15/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-12700KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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70 FPS
£15.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i7-12700KF
8 GB, N/A Storage
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70 FPS
£17.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Core i7-12700KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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59 FPS
£27.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700KF
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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111 FPS
£15.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,729.99
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111 FPS
£16.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700KF
32 GB, 3 TB HDD
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