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Intel Core i7-7700 vs Intel Core i9-12900KF

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 53 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-12900KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 22 %

Intel Core i7-7700

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-12900KF

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,114 pts

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

1,997 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

5,426 pts

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

27,472 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,272

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

2,664

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,284

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

15,986

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

414 cb

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

779 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

1,066

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

1,990

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

2,138 cb

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

10,511 cb

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

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

4,081

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

17,595

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

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

435

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

819

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,266

16C / 24T · 3.20 GHz

11,365

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz

186 cb

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

294 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.00 GHz

901 cb

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

4,111 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i9-11900KF
Successor	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i9-13900KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	16 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 3.60 - 4.20 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.20 - 5.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 2.40 - 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache		14.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	30.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	14 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
TDP	65 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		241 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i9-12900KF
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2017	Q4/2021
Release price	310 $	564 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core i7-7700
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C / 24T · 3.20 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★