i7-12700F vs Pentium Dual T2060
Aggregate performance score
Core i7-12700F outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2060 by a whopping 9005% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3457 | 392 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 35.54 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Pentium Dual Core | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.26 | 11.24 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Alder Lake-S (2022) |
| Release date | no data | 4 January 2022 (3 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $386 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 8 |
| Efficient-cores | no data | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 20 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 80K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 25 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | no data | 215 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FCLGA1700 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 76.8 GB/s |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Core i7-12700F.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 and 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.19 | 17.30 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 20 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 65 Watt |
Pentium Dual T2060 has 109.7% lower power consumption.
i7-12700F, on the other hand, has a 9005.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 500% more physical cores and 900% more threads.
The Intel Core i7-12700F is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T2060 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2060 is a notebook processor while Core i7-12700F is a desktop one.
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