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Pentium 2020M vs Core i7-12700KF

Pentium 2020M vs Core i7-12700KF: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

vs
FPS Winner

Core i7-12700KF

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700KF Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £219 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8527 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Core i7-12700KF

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700KF Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £219 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8527 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700KF outperforms Pentium 2020M on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700KF is 3351 days newer than Pentium 2020M.

Advantages of Pentium 2020M

  • Consumes up to 72% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700KF - 35 vs 125 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-12700KF doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i7-12700KF

  • Performs up to 17% better in Baldur's Gate 3 than Pentium 2020M - 127 vs 109 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium 2020M - 20 vs 2 threads
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This is a free version of Baldur's Gate 3.
Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 2020M Logo
Pentium 2020M

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


FPS

109

86%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

127

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.72/FPS

100%

Price, £

£219

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

Buy for £219 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 8527 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium 2020M Logo
Pentium 2020M

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012

Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium 2020M Logo
Pentium 2020M

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2012


Single-Core

396

16%

Multi-Core

669

5%

Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2526

100%

Multi-Core

13549

100%

Intel Pentium 2020M Logo

Pentium 2020M

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Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo

Core i7-12700KF

Sep 1st, 2012
Nov 4th, 2021
PentiumCore i7
Ivy BridgeAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
2
12
2
20
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Non-Turbo5.0 GHz
35 W
125 W
22 nm
10 nm
24.0x
36.0x
Intel HD
None
No
Yes

PCs Using Pentium 2020M or Core i7-12700KF

With selected game settings

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