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Intel Core i7-9700F vs Intel Core i7-12700F

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 65 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 49 %

Intel Core i7-9700F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700F

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

68 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

107 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

467 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,004 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,181 pts

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,862 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

8,540 pts

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

21,568 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,570

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

7,202

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

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

8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz

1,218

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

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

8C / 8T · 3.80 GHz

6,714

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

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

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,848

12C / 20T · 2.10 GHz

7,405

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

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

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 9000 (34)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Coffee Lake S Refresh	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1151-2	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700F
Successor	Intel Core i7-10700F	Intel Core i7-13700F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x 3.00 - 4.70 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 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 i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-9700F	Intel Core i7-12700F
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q2/2019	Q1/2022
Release price	520 $	314 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-9700F
8C / 8T · 3.00 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★