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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700K outperforms the more expensive Core i7-10700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700K is 553 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-10700.
Advantages of Core i7-12700K
- Performs up to 8% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-10700 - 112 vs 104 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i7-10700 - £192.74 vs £264.99
- Up to 33% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than Core i7-10700 - £1.72 vs £2.55 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-10700 - 20 vs 16 threads
Advantages of Core i7-10700
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700K - 65 vs 125 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-12700K
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
FPS
112
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.72/FPS
100%
Price, £
£192.74
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W
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Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.8 GHz LGA 1200 (Intel® 400 Series chipset) 65W
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-12700K
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Core i7-10700
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-12700K | vs | Core i7-10700 |
|---|---|---|
Nov 4th, 2021 | Release Date | Apr 30th, 2020 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 8 |
20 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.9 GHz |
5.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 125 W | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 29.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 630 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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