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Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i7-11700

Last updated: 2026-07-01

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 i7-12700F

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i7-11700

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Rank 2 - 74 %

Intel Core i7-11700

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

107 pts

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

90 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,004 pts

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

742 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,545 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

14,327 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,196

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,387

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

8C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,721

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

9,872

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

284

8C / 16T · 3.80 GHz

145

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 2.10 GHz

7,405

8C / 16T · 2.50 GHz

5,920

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

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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 11000 (22)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Rocket Lake S
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1200
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700F	Intel Core i7-10700
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700F	Intel Core i7-12700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
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 2.50 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU frequency		0.35 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		14 nm
Release date		Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W	224 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700F	Intel Core i7-11700
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, AVX-512
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2021
Release price	314 $	323 $
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 i7-12700F is 4.5 stars (46 ratings), while Intel Core i7-11700 has received 4.2 stars (33 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-11700
8C / 16T · 2.50 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★