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Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 83 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

Intel Core i7-11700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

90 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

114 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

807 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,175 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,545 pts

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,939 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

14,327 pts

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

589 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

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

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

5,472 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

8,750 cb

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

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

145

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

319

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

612

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

790

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,837

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,761

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700F	Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x 2.50 - 4.90 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
TDP	65 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)	224 W @ 56 s	190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-12700K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2021	Q4/2021
Release price	298 $	409 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-11700F
8C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★