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Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700

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 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 27 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 10 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

492 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,858 pts

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

482

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,624

More benchmarks

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology	10 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 775
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	4x 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	6.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	no iGPU
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 i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
TDP	65 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2010
Release price	339 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700 is 4.4 stars (98 ratings), while Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700 has received 4.8 stars (6 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9700
4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

★★★★★