AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X vs Intel Core i7 12700K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X Intel Core i7 12700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X with 32 cores 4GHz and Intel Core i7 12700K 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 Threadripper 7970X 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 25MB)

Intel Core i7 12700K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)

Lower TDP (125W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +12%

2942

Intel Core i7 12700K

2625

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +73%

25488

Intel Core i7 12700K

14728

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +6%

123

Intel Core i7 12700K

116

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X +213%

3685

Intel Core i7 12700K

1175

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

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Intel Core i7 12700K

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700K

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1700

350 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

190 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

FC-LGA4844

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.3 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

32

Total Core Count

12

64

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40.0

Multiplier

36x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

32 MB

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

128 MB

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1500 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700K

5

PCIe Version

5.0

88

PCIe Lanes

20

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