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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $349
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MSRP in USD: $349
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-8600K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700 is 1573 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-8600K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-8600K
- Up to 1% cheaper than Core i7-12700 - £252.99 vs £255.2
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 12% better in Minecraft than Core i5-8600K - 812 vs 724 FPS
- Up to 11% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i5-8600K - £0.31 vs £0.35 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-8600K - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8600K - 16 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-8600K doesn't have integrated graphics
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel Core i5-8600K Retail - (1151/Hex Core/3.60GHz/9MB/Coffee Lake/95W/Graphics)
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Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
812
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.31/FPS
100%
Price, £
£255.2
99%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-8600K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-8600K | vs | Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.3 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-8600K or Core i7-12700
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
619 FPS
£2.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,399
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604 FPS
£1.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,108.26
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569 FPS
£1.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£878.99
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569 FPS
£3.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,874.27
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619 FPS
£1.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,109.74
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642 FPS
£3.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,427.99
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619 FPS
£2.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,484.99
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506 FPS
£1.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£853.99
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619 FPS
£1.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,207.99
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569 FPS
£2.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,579
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