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IntelBX8071512700K
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12 Cores, 24 Threads @4.7GHz, Zen4.
Release date: Q3 2022.

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+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 81,593 user samples
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2,844 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 126% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 105% Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Poor: 105% Great: 126%
SPEED RANK: 27th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 116%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 117%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 138%
UFO
78,749 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 123% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 102% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 102% Great: 123%
SPEED RANK: 32nd / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 114%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 126%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		116 % +2% 114 %
External Data: 1080p 
+4%
20 Oct22|HardwareLUXX
The Dino Intel is not yet extinct:... 		Control 1%, CPunk 2%, TWarTroy 2%, F122 2% 2 % SpiderM 1%, RiftB 17%, DoomE 0%
20 Oct22|Techpowerup
Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best... 		CPunk 0%, EldenR 0%, Civ6 2%, CSGO 14% 3 % Forza5 0%, AoE4 13%, Bord3 5%, FarC6 12%, WatchDL 5%, BFV 1%, RDR2 12%, DoomE 2%
20 Oct22|Tweakers
Intel 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake Re... 		RDR2 4%, TWarW3 0% 1 % FarC6 1%, F122 5%, MetroEx 2%
20 Oct22|Linustechtips
We were afraid to publish this vid... 		14 % Factorio 37%, Forza5 5%, Hitm3 11%, FarC6 15%, SotTR 16%, CPunk 5%, CSGO 27%, TinTW 4%, TWarW3 4%
06 Nov22|Tom's Hardware
Intel Core i7-13700K Review: Core ... 		10 % Hitm3 18%, FarC6 15%, WatchDL 1%, CPunk 3%, RDR2 18%, MSFS21 24%, F121 6% TWarW3 4%
Average Score 
+4%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		81.5 Pts 81.7 Pts +0%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		211 Pts +5% 201 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		411 Pts +4% 397 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		804 Pts +3% 781 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1536 Pts Slightly faster octa-core speed.
+9% 		1407 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+3%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92.2 Pts 92.7 Pts +1%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		218 Pts +3% 212 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		434 Pts +3% 423 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		863 Pts +3% 841 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1693 Pts Slightly faster OC octa-core speed.
+7% 		1587 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+155%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.18 % 1.12 % Hugely higher market share.
+522%
Value
Value For Money 		107 % 117 % Better value.
+10%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		58 % 90 % Much more popular.
+55%
Price
Price (score) 		$380 $250 Much cheaper.
+34%
Nice To Haves 
+19%
Age
Newest 		18 Months Much more recent.
+38% 		29 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		170 Watts 125 Watts More energy efficient.
+26%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		12 cores 12 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		24 threads Higher thread count.
+20% 		20 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		5 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+50% 		10 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		4.7 GHz Much faster base frequency.
+31% 		3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		5.6 GHz Faster turbo frequency.
+12% 		5 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		2977 Pts Faster OC 64-core speed.
+20% 		2480 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		2800 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+23% 		2271 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Zen4 Alder Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		AM5 FCLGA1700
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		RDNA2 UHD 770
Conclusion 
Average Bench 116%
Average Bench 114%
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Within minutes of the first, pre-release, 7000 series userbenchmark results, AMD’s marketers broadcast a 20% win over the 12900K via thousands of anonymous twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices while AMD completely dominates “sponsored news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department asleep at the wheel, Ryzen will quickly end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all of AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Steam stats) is just 2%. Although the new 7000 series Zen4 CPUs are actually around 15% faster than their predecessors, they have hefty cooling requirements (TDP +60% vs 5000 series), 30 second BIOS post times, expensive DDR5 RAM requirements and only work with expensive motherboards. Despite the 7000 series struggling to match Intel’s outgoing 12th gen, AMD market it as a “future proof” platform! They want users to pay a premium for last gen performance in exchange for the shallow promise of upgrades in the future. Over the next few days, Intel’s 13th gen (Raptor Lake) will launch. Shoppers will do well to wait until then. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire their technical progress. AMD-Raptor4 and Intel-Zen13 would be better fitting product names. [Sep '22 CPUPro]

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The 12-core i7-12700K sits in the middle of Intel’s latest 12th gen. Alder Lake CPU line-up. It offers a significant performance improvement over it's predecessor (+50% 64-core). The 12700K features a new hybrid architecture which combines eight hyper-threaded performance cores with four efficiency cores for a total of 20 threads. With an MSRP of $410 USD, the 12700K offers similar real world performance to the flagship i9-12900K, at a 30% price discount. Although, by historical standards, this represents superb value for money, most consumers should consider the 10-core 16-thread i5-12600K which offers comparable real-world performance for 30% less money. [Nov '21 CPUPro]

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