Baikal-S vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Baikal-S Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Baikal Intel Core i7
• Segment
  Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  - 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-11700

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
• CPU Cores
  48 12
• CPU Threads
  48 20
• A-Core
  - 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Core architecture
  - hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  - Yes
• Overclocking
  - Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 400 MHz
• GPU name
  - Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU Turbo
  - 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 16 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2021
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  - Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  - Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  - Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  - Decode
• VP8
  - Decode
• VP9
  - Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Baikal-S. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  768 256 GB
• Memory channels
  6 2
• Memory type
  DDR43-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  4 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  - Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Baikal-S and Intel Core i7-12700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  120 W 65 W
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Baikal-S and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  CortexA75 Alder Lake S
• Ethernet
  10 Gb -
• L1-Cache
  64 KB -
• L2-Cache
  512 KB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB 25 MB
• L4-Cache
  32 MB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2021
• Socket
  FCLGA-3467 LGA 1700
• Technology
  16 nm 10 nm
• Instruction set (ISA)
  - x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Virtualization
  - VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d