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Intel Celeron 3965U vs Intel Core i7-12700E

Last updated: 2025-10-07

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 26 %

Intel Celeron 3965U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Celeron 3965U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

469

12C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,459

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

832

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,321

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

560

12C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,665

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

1,084

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

10,170

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 610

173

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
Family	Intel Celeron (165)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Celeron 3000 (10)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Kaby Lake U	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1356	LGA 1700
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 2.20 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	2.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 610	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.30 - 0.90 GHz	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 96	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	64 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q3/2016	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
Memory	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (15.0 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	2.0 x 10	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	5.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
TDP	15 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		180 W
TDP up
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Celeron 3965U	Intel Core i7-12700E
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2017	Q1/2022
Release price	107 $	344 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Celeron 3965U is 5.0 stars (6 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700E has received 4.7 stars (3 ratings).

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Intel Celeron 3965U
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700E
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★