Intel Core i7 12700K vs AMD Athlon Silver 10
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i7-12700K
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
125 W
15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
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Performance Core Threads
16
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
3.5 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
2
Total Thread Count
20
2
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
24.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
2 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
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Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
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Raster Operation Units
8
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Execution Units
32
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3
PCIe Lanes
20
4
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
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Cinebench R23
22,801
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Geekbench 6
2,625
785
Geekbench 5
2,084
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Geekbench 6
14,728
1,377
Geekbench 5
15,499
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Cinebench 2024
114
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Cinebench 2024
1,172
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Blender
364
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Passmark CPU
4,040
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Passmark CPU
34,674
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.