intel core i7 12700 vs amd ryzen 7 5800x

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 12700 (Desktop) 12-cores against AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (Desktop) 8-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 Intel Core i7 12700 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 38% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X – 65 vs 105 Watt
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Has 7 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Unlocked multiplier

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1884
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
19818
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3948
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
31677
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
1978
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
14448

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 12700 and ryzen 7 5800x

General

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 1 2022 October 8 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S Vermeer
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 -

Performance

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Cores 12 8
Threads 20 16
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 4.7 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 25 MB (shared) 32 MB
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 105 W
Max. temperature 100°C °C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.196 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.5 MHz MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 16
ROPs 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W W
iGPU FLOPS
0.78 TFLOPS
TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 12700 AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Official site Intel Core i7 12700 official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X or Intel Core i7 12700?