Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i7-870

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1700 Intel Socket 1156
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 10 nm 45 nm
Transistors unknown 774 million
Die size 215 mm² 296 mm²
Package FC-LGA16A FC-LGA8
tCaseMax 72°C
tJMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 3.6 GHz 2.933 GHz
Turbo clock up to 5 GHz up to 3.6 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 133 MHz
Multiplier 36.0x 22.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
TDP 125 W 95 W
cpu.details.e-core-frequency 2.7 GHz
cpu.details.e-core-turbo-clock up to 3.8 GHz
Voltage 1.4 V

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Nov 4th, 2021 Sep 8th, 2009
Codename Alder Lake-S Lynnfield
Generation Core i7 Core i7
Part SRL4N SLBJG
Memory support DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 2, 16 Lanes(CPU only)
Chipset Z690
cpu.details.ddr4-speed 3200 MT/s
cpu.details.ddr5-speed 4800 MT/s
Chipsets Z690, H670, B660, H610

Cores

Total Cores 12 4
Total Threads 20 8
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics UHD Graphics 770
cpu.details.hybrid-cores P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

Cache

Cache L1 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1.25MB (per core) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 25MB (shared) 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Processor max turbo power: 190W UHD Graphics dynamic frequency: 1500MHz

Features & Technologies

ABM Yes
ADX Yes
AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
CLMUL Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
RdRand Yes
SHA Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TBT 2.0 Yes
TBT 3.0 Yes
TSX Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
XD-Bit Yes

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