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Intel Core i7-12700F vs Apple M4 (8-CPU)

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 - 72 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M4 (8-CPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Rank 2 - 61 %

Apple M4 (8-CPU)

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

107 pts

8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz

175 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,004 pts

8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz

742 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz

2,125 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

8C / 8T · 0.91 GHz

9,980 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz

3,767

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Apple M series (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Apple M4 (7)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	M4
Technology	10 nm	3 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700F	Apple M3
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	4x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz	4x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple M4 (8 Core)
GPU frequency		0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	128 / 1024
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		24 GB
Technology		3 nm
Release date		Q4/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	24 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
TDP	65 W	18 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down		5 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	macOS, iPadOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release date	Q1/2022	Q4/2024
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 (46 ratings), while Apple M4 (8-CPU) has received 4.9 stars (189 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

★★★★★