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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700KF outperforms the more expensive Core i7-9700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700KF is 926 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-9700F.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700F
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700KF
- Performs up to 7% better in Halo Infinite than Core i7-9700F - 173 vs 162 FPS
- Up to 23% cheaper than Core i7-9700F - £198.99 vs £258.88
- Up to 28% better value when playing Halo Infinite than Core i7-9700F - £1.15 vs £1.6 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700F - 20 vs 8 threads
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i7-9700F Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz
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Core i7-12700KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
FPS
173
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.15/FPS
100%
Price, £
£198.99
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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-9700F
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i7-12700KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700F | vs | Intel Core i7-12700KF |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Nov 4th, 2021 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 12 |
| 8 | Threads | 20 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.6 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 36.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-9700F or Core i7-12700KF
Halo Infinite, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
124 FPS
£14.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700KF
16 GB, N/A Storage
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30 FPS
£41.97/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,259
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78 FPS
£32.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-12700KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,559.31
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124 FPS
£15.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Core i7-12700KF
32 GB, 3 TB HDD
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£1,874.01
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