Several Intel Alder Lake-S Desktop CPUs have leaked today which include benchmarks of the Core i7-12700 and pictures of engineering samples.

Intel Core i7-12700 Alder Lake-S Desktop CPUs Benchmarked & Pictured, On Par With The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8 Core

So first up, we have the benchmarks of what's presumably an Intel Core i7-12700. Spotted in the Geekbench 5 database (via BenchLeaks), the Alder Lake-S chip once again appears with incorrect specifications as the software isn't yet updated to support the heterogeneous architecture on the Alder Lake CPUs.

The Intel Core i7-12700 should feature 6 P-Core (Golden Cove) and 8 E-Core (Gracemont) for a total of 14 cores and 20 threads. The Geekbench software detects the E-Core cluster which comprises 4 Gracemont cores as a singular core. There should be two E-Core clusters on the Core i7-12700 so it is definitely an erroneous reporting by the software. The L3 cache is reported correctly at 25 MB & that's 18 MB (3 MB per core) coming through the P-Cores and 6 MB coming through the E-Cores (3 MB per cluster)

In terms of clock speeds, the CPU was running at a base clock of 2.1 GHz but features a boost clock of up to 4.8 GHz. Do remember that this is a non-K SKU with a standard TDP of 65W so its base & boost frequencies are going to be slightly lower to compensate for the lower power consumption. All cores aren't showing up within the Geekbench 5 log which indicates that only the P-Cores could be working on the chip while the E-Cores are not being utilized at all.

Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPU Specs