Intel Core i7 12700F 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 42.7GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 8MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 112W)
Intel Core i7 7740X 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 2.1GHz)