AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7 12700KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 12700KF with 12 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 12700KF's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

930

Intel Core i7 12700KF +109%

1944

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4641

Intel Core i7 12700KF +391%

22801

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

Intel Core i7 12700KF +145%

2790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

Intel Core i7 12700KF +311%

15374

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

918

Intel Core i7 12700KF +121%

2031

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3861

Intel Core i7 12700KF +287%

14961

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

2111

Intel Core i7 12700KF +90%

4020

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

9063

Intel Core i7 12700KF +279%

34419

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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Intel Core i7 12700KF

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

190W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

20

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

35x

Multiplier

36x

96K per core

L1 Cache

80K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

12MB shared

16MB shared

L3 Cache

25MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700KF

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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