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Intel Pentium G860 vs Intel Core i7-12700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 28 %
Intel Pentium G860
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 7 %
Intel Pentium G860
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12700
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Pentium G860
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
500
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz
2,497
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Pentium G860
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
882
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
12,448
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium G860
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
611
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz
1,712
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium G860
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
1,115
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz
11,650
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium G860
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
106
Intel Core i7-12700
Intel UHD Graphics 770
768

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Pentium G800 (2)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge SAlder Lake S
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1155LGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Core i7-11700
SuccessorIntel Core i7-13700

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 212 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
3.00 GHz
8x Golden Cove
2.10 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Gracemont
1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB25.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.85 - 1.10 GHz0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4832 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB64 GB
Technology32 nm10 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe2.0 x 165.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium G860Intel Core i7-12700
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ3/2011Q1/2022
Release price339 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium G860
Intel Pentium G860
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-12700
Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

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