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Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i3-4370

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700K
Rank 2 - 48 %
Intel Core i3-4370
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700K
Rank 2 - 14 %
Intel Core i3-4370
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz
2,528
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,190
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz
14,129
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
2,450
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz
1,872
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
904
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz
14,992
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
2,071
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-12700K
Intel UHD Graphics 770
768
Intel Core i3-4370
Intel HD Graphics 4600
368
Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz
286 cb
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
153 cb
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz
3,327 cb
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
387 cb

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i 4000 (64)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SHaswell S
Technology10 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1150
PredecessorIntel Core i7-11700K
SuccessorIntel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
CPU Cores / Threads12 / 202 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 8x Golden Cove
3.60 - 5.00 GHz
2x
3.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Gracemont
2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache25.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.50 GHz0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 25620 / 160
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology10 nm22 nm
Release dateQ4/2021Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
TDP125 W54 W
TDP (PL2)190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-12700KIntel Core i3-4370
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ4/2021Q3/2014
Release price409 $147 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-12700K
Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-4370
Intel Core i3-4370
2C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

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