amd ryzen 9 5900x vs intel core i7 12700f

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (Desktop) 12-cores against Intel Core i7 12700F (Desktop) 12-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i7 12700F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 39 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700F
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X – 65 vs 105 Watt
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1857
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
20826
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3982
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
39713
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
14198

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5900x and core i7 12700f

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 January 4 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake-S
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Cores 12 12
Threads 24 20
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 25 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Fabrication process 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 65 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i7 12700F
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page Intel Core i7 12700F official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i7 12700F or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X?