Product Compare

Intel Core i7 12700 vs Intel Core i5 8600K

	CPU Intel Core i7 12700	CPU Intel Core i5 8600K
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Oct 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i7-12700	i5-8600K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 630
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	65 W	95 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	180 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	4.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.6 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	12	6
Total Thread Count	20	6
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x	36x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	12 MB shared	256 K per core
L3 Cache	25 MB shared	9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1500 MHz	1150 MHz
Shader Units	256	192
Texture Units	16	24
Raster Operation Units	8	3
Execution Units	32	24
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1868	1201
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	20599	6612
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2491	1649
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1799	1163
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12863	6050
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	12519	5367
Passmark CPU Single Core	3921	2603
Passmark CPU Multi Core	30858	10201