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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-7800X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700F is 1653 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-7800X.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-7800X
- Up to 17% cheaper than Core i7-12700F - £169.95 vs £205.0
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700F
- Performs up to 29% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i7-7800X - 154 vs 119 FPS
- Up to 7% better value when playing Far Cry 6 than Core i7-7800X - £1.33 vs £1.43 per FPS
- Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i7-7800X - 65 vs 140 Watts
Far Cry 6
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel Core i7-7800X 3.50 GHz LGA 2066 CPU Box - Black
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Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
154
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.33/FPS
100%
Price, £
£205
82%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700F Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-7800X
Desktop • Jun 26th, 2017
Core i7-12700F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-7800X | vs | Intel Core i7-12700F |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Skylake-E/EP | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 2066 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 20 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-7800X or Core i7-12700F
Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
139 FPS
£12.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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96 FPS
£11.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,144.95
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101 FPS
£13.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,337.99
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125 FPS
£11.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,449.99
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96 FPS
£11.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,124.99
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96 FPS
£10.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i7-12700F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,019
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