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Intel Core i7-12700E vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 86 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i7-12700E

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,459

10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz

2,848

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,321

10C / 10T · 4.70 GHz

14,312

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

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Arrow Lake
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1851
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	10 / 10
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.80 GHz	6x Lion Cove 3.30 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz	4x Skymont 2.70 - 4.40 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	26.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
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 i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU		19 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W	121 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700E	Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	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	Q1/2025
Release price	344 $	221 $
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 i7-12700E is 4.7 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 5 225F has received 4.3 stars (43 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
10C / 10T · 3.30 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★