Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Intel Core i7-12700KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Intel Core i7
• Generation
  1 12
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Intel Core i7-11700KF
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 12
• CPU Threads
  8 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.7 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
  12.1 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  840 MHz -
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 730 None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 -
• Technology
  4 nm -

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700KF and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-3200 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Intel Core i7-12700KF Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 228 W / 56 s

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Intel Core i7-12700KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 25 MB
• Part Number
  SM8450 BX8071512700K
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2021
• Socket
  - LGA 1700
• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d