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Intel Core i7-12700F vs Apple A17 Pro

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 82 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A17 Pro

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Rank 2 - 54 %

Apple A17 Pro

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

2,952

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

7,235

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

2,140

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz

5,868

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

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Apple A17 Pro (1)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Ibiza
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700F	Apple A16 Bionic
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700F	Apple A18 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	2x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 3.78 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz	4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.11 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency		0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	24 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		1
Max. GPU Memory		6 GB
Technology		3 nm
Release date		Q3/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	8 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
TDP	65 W	11 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple A17 Pro
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	iOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2023
Release price	314 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700F is 4.5 stars (43 ratings), while Apple A17 Pro has received 4.1 stars (457 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 3.78 GHz

★★★★★