Intel Core i7 6700 vs i7 12700
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 6700 with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 12700 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700
- Has 17 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Newer - released 6 years and 5 months later
- Around 42.7 GB/s (125%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
- 79% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2492 vs 1389 points
- Newer PCI Express version โ 5.0
- More modern manufacturing process โ 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 20% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 405 MB/sec | 892.7 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 32.8 Klines/sec | 105.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 102.6 pages/sec | 284.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 137.5 Mpixels/sec | 385.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 137.9 pages/sec | 249.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 24.2 images/sec | 60.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 46.1 images/sec | 103.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.29 Mpixels/sec | 27.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 25.7 GOps/sec | 106.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 15.9 GOps/sec | 80.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 27M Primes/sec | 98M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 14.4M Strings/sec | 38.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 2.7 GBytes/sec | 19.8 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 113.5 MBytes/sec | 369.8 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 556 Frames/sec | 1517 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 7.5B Matrices/sec | 23.7B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 4 PPW | 16.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 71.2 PPW | 198 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 123.6 PPW | 458.4 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.07 PPW | 4.15 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i7 6700
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 12700
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-08-18 (Admiral97) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2494 / 14455 |
| ๐ 2025-01-23 (Scotter_1001) | Cinebench 2024 | 100 / 845 |
| ๐ 2024-11-18 (@Onlineee705j) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 1069 |
| ๐ 2024-08-15 (Styx) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 1212 |
| ๐ 2024-05-28 (asita) | Cinebench 2024 | 106 / 840 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 6700 and i7 12700General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | September 1, 2015 | January 1, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Skylake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i7-6700 | i7-12700 |
| Integrated GPU | HD Graphics 530 | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 5800 |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265 |
Intel CPU rating (#93rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| E-Cores | - | 4 |
| E-Threads | - | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | - | 1.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | - | 3.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 4 | 12 |
| Total Threads | 8 | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34x | 21x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 12MB (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 8MB (shared) | 25MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 65 W | 65 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | - | 180 W |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | - | 100ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (185th and 81st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 256 |
| TMUs | - | 16 |
| ROPs | - | 8 |
| Execution Units | - | 32 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR4-2133 - DDR3L-1600 |
- DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 6700 official page | Intel Core i7 12700 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
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