Intel Core i7 12700KF vs Intel Xeon 6970E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Clearwater Forest
Processor Number
i7-12700KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
125 W
400 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
102°C
Foundry
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Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
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Performance Core Threads
16
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
12
192
Total Thread Count
20
192
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
23.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
480 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
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Cinebench R23
22,801
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Geekbench 6
2,790
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Geekbench 5
2,031
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Geekbench 6
15,374
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Geekbench 5
14,961
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Cinebench 2024
114
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Blender
349
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Passmark CPU
4,020
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Passmark CPU
34,419
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