Intel Core i7-12700 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i7-12700 has 12 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1700 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i7-12700 scores 1,712 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,650 points.
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| Name: | Intel Core i7-12700 |
| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 12000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 12 |
| Predecessor: | Intel Core i7-11700 |
| Successor: | Intel Core i7-13700 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i7-12700 has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-12700 is 2.10 GHz (4.90 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 12 / 20 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 8x Golden Cove |
| B-Core: | 4x Gracemont |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.10 GHz (4.90 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.60 GHz (3.60 GHz) |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
| AI hardware: | -- |
| AI specifications: | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-12700 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-12700 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 770, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.50 GHz |
| Execution units: | 32 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 64 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 11 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Release date: | Q4/2021 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | Decode |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 |
| Max. Memory: | 128 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC: | Yes |
| PCIe: | 5.0 x 20 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2): | 180 W |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i7-12700 is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 37.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1700 |
| L2-Cache: | 12.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 25.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Alder Lake S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | 339 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
12C 20T @ 2.10 GHz (4.90 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-12700 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Screenshots:
Screenshots:
- Cinebench R23 (ASUS TUF GAMING B660-PLUS WIFI D4, 16GB DDR4-3600 CL16, Windows 11)
- CPU-Z (ASUS TUF GAMING B660-PLUS WIFI D4, 16GB DDR4-3600 CL16, Windows 11)
- Cinebench R15 (16 GB RAM), Windows 11 Home
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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10C 16T @ 4.80 GHzNot verified |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600
6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-7960X
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10940X
14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.|
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Intel Core i7-13650HX
14C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13800H
14C 20T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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AMD EPYC 7402
24C 48T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13800H
14C 20T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13800HE
14C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i3-12100
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100F
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1360P
12C 16T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i7-13620H
10C 16T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-1290P
10C 20T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Silver 4310
12C 24T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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AMD A12-9700P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD A12-9720P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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AMD FX-9800P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge) @ 0.76 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600HX
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700TE
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.50 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.|
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Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 4.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
12C 24T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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Intel Core i7-13800HE
14C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700H
14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700F
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-2295
18C 36T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Xeon Gold 6152
22C 44T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7401
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7401P
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10940X
14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 6138
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
503 entries
503 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
480 entries
480 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,597 entries
1,597 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,546 entries
1,546 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,357 entries
2,357 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,330 entries
2,330 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,872 entries
1,872 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
211 entries
211 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,290 entries
2,290 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,098 entries
1,098 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,093 entries
1,093 entries
The Intel Core i7-12700 is a 12-core hybrid processor from Intels 12th Core i generation. It combines 8 performance cores (Golden Cove) and 4 smaller efficiency cores (Gracemont). The Golden Cove CPU design is an evolution of the regular CPU cores that Intel already used in the previous Intel Core i processors. The efficiency cores are based on a design previously used in Intels Atom processors.
Both architectures or core designs have their advantages and disadvantages. While the Core i CPU cores (Golden Cove) have a lot of power, the Atom cores (Gracemont) handle arithmetic tasks very efficiently. Therefore, these are often used for background tasks. However, the design of the Intel Core i7-12700 also allows all CPU cores to work on one task at the same time. A modern operating system such as Windows 11 is recommended, since Microsoft has optimized the task scheduler with Windows 11 for the new hybrid CPUs.
The Intel Core i7-12700 clocks its performance cores at up to 4.9 GHz (single-core turbo), the base clock is 2.1 GHz. The larger CPU cores support Intels hyperthreading technology and can process 2 threads at the same time. The Intel Atom cores are limited to 1 thread per CPU core.
While Intel has greatly adapted and optimized the CPU core design of the 12th generation, the Intel UHD Graphics 770 iGPU is again only available for simple image output, since the FP32 raw performance of the iGPU is less than 0.8 TFLOPS and is therefore not suitable for playing newer titles. Intel relies on the installation of a dedicated graphics card here.
Up to 128 GB of DDR4 or DDR5 RAM is supported, the official maximum is DDR5-4800. Significantly higher clock frequencies of the main memory are also possible by overclocking the main memory. The new PCIe 5.0 interface is also supported by the 12th generation Intel Core i processors.
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