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Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-10700F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

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 - 68 %

Intel Core i7-10700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 63 %

Intel Core i7-10700F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,255 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

12,250 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,597

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,926

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,267

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

8,945

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

284

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

180

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

259 cb

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

214 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

3,140 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

2,291 cb

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 i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Comet Lake S
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1200
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700	Intel Core i7-9700F
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700	Intel Core i7-11700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	8x 2.90 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
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 i7-10700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2933 (46.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Intel Core i7-10700F
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, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2020
Release price	339 $	298 $
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 Core i7-12700 is 4.4 stars (93 ratings), while Intel Core i7-10700F has received 3.8 stars (30 ratings).

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-10700F
8C / 16T · 2.90 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★