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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462 vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462

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Intel Core i7-12700K

Multi-core performance

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462

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Intel Core i7-12700K

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

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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
Family	Intel Xeon CPU Max (5)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Sapphire Rapids	Alder Lake S
Technology	10 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 4677	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	32x 2.70 - 3.50 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	75.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
Memory	DDR5-4800 (307.2 GB/s) DDR5-4400 (281.6 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	4096 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	8	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 80	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	315.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
TDP	350 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462	Intel Core i7-12700K
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2023	Q4/2021
Release price	7995 $	409 $
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 Xeon CPU Max 9462 is 0 stars (0 ratings), while Intel Core i7-12700K has received 4.4 stars (128 ratings).

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Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462
32C / 64T · 2.70 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★