Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Processor

Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Processor

25M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz

Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Processor

25M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz

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03/29/2022

Summary

As we make good headway into 2022 and beyond, the dynamic of the CPU market is constantly changing and evolving. What was once for many years a war based on core count on chips between Intel and AMD has now become a battle of whose core performs more effi...
anandtech.com
01/05/2022

Summary

A fantastic CPU for a reasonable price – it's unbeatable in games and no slouch in content creation too.OVERALL SCORE 94 %SEVEN WONDERS+ Fantastic gaming performance+ Faster and cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900X+ Much cheaper than Core i9-12900KSEVENOAKS– Limite...
topnewreview.com

12/30/2021

Summary

Powered by two new microarchitectures, one designed for maximum performance and one for peak efficiency, Intel's Alder Lake CPUs have been making some sizable waves in the desktop processor market. Core counts are once again shooting up, and the Core i7-1...
pcmag.com
12/11/2021

Summary

The Core i7-12700K comes with all of the gaming performance of its higher-priced i9 counterpart while beating competing Ryzen chips, but it's significantly less expensive. That makes the Core i7-12700K the go-to chip for gamers looking for the highest per...
tomshardware.com

Pros

Price, Matches 12900K gaming performance, Single- and Multi-threaded performance, Class-leading gaming performance, PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory, Overclockable, Power efficiency improved,

Cons

Only Z690 motherboards for now, No bundled cooler, Platform pricing, Draws more power than Ryzen

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