Intel Core i5-14500T vs Intel Core i7-12700

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-14500T and Intel Core i7-12700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-14500T

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 12
  • Around 17% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 65 Watt
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 vs Jan 2022
Number of cores 14 vs 12
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) vs 960 KB
L2 cache 1.25 MB (per core) vs 15 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-12700

  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.90 GHz vs 4.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 10 nm
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3908 vs 3796
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30766 vs 24494
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 4.90 GHz vs 4.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3908 vs 3796
PassMark - CPU mark 30766 vs 24494

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-14500T
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-12700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3796
3908
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
24494
30766
Name Intel Core i5-14500T Intel Core i7-12700
PassMark - Single thread mark 3796 3908
PassMark - CPU mark 24494 30766
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 9487

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-14500T Intel Core i7-12700

Essentials

Launch date 8 Jan 2024 Jan 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $232 $383
Place in performance rating 241 265
Architecture codename Alder Lake
Processor Number i7-12700
Series 12th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 1700 MHz
Die size 257 mm²
L1 cache 80 KB (per core) 960 KB
L2 cache 1.25 MB (per core) 15 MB
L3 cache 24 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 4.8 GHz 4.90 GHz
Number of cores 14 12
Number of threads 20 20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 25 MB

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR5 Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 128 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported 1700 FCLGA1700
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt
Package Size 45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Thermal Solution PCG 2020C

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 5, 16 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4
Max number of PCIe lanes 20
PCI Express revision 5.0 and 4.0
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Device ID 0x4680
Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.50 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)