Core i7 12700
Intel desktop processor · Core i 12th gen · launched January 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i7 12700 launched at $339 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $383 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 67 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 226 (middle half of runs 204–254) across 144 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #81 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #9 of 17 in the Core i 12th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 12th gen |
| Launched | January 2022 |
| Launch price | $339 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 12 / 20 |
| Base clock | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.9 GHz |
| L3 cache | 25 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (base power), up to 180 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 770 |
| Tier | 7-series |
The Intel 7-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i7 11700 | 2021 | $323 | $394 | 163 |
| Core i7 11700F | 2021 | $298 | $364 | 165 |
| Core i7 11700K | 2021 | $399 | $487 | 190 |
| Core i7 11700KF | 2021 | $374 | $457 | 180 |
| Core i7 11700T | 2021 | $323 | $394 | — |
| Core i7 11700B | 2021 | — | — | — |
| Core i7 12700K | 2021 | $409 | $499 | 280 |
| Core i7 12700KF | 2021 | $384 | $469 | 281 |
| Core i7 12700 | 2022 | $339 | $383 | 226 |
| Core i7 12700F | 2022 | $314 | $355 | 241 |
| Core i7 12700T | 2022 | $339 | $383 | — |
| Core i7 13700K | 2022 | $409 | $463 | 378 |
| Core i7 13700KF | 2022 | $384 | $434 | 375 |
| Core i7 13700 | 2023 | $384 | $417 | 273 |
| Core i7 13700F | 2023 | $359 | $390 | 285 |
| Core i7 13700T | 2023 | $384 | $417 | 307 |
Compare with
- Core i5 13600K · 2022 · $319 · 299
- Core i5 13600KF · 2022 · $294 · 286
- Core i7 12700F · 2022 · $314 · 241
- Core i7 12700T · 2022 · $339
- Core i7 13700K · 2022 · $409 · 378
- Core i7 13700KF · 2022 · $384 · 375
- Core i9 12900 · 2022 · $489 · 251
- Core i9 12900F · 2022 · $464 · 276
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