AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i7 12700

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i7 12700 with 12 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Better graphics card performance

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

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)

Intel Core i7 12700 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 73.4GB/s)

Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +9%

2059

Intel Core i7 12700

1873

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +115%

38165

Intel Core i7 12700

17734

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +23%

3068

Intel Core i7 12700

2491

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +66%

21409

Intel Core i7 12700

12863

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +15%

127

Intel Core i7 12700

110

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +117%

2185

Intel Core i7 12700

1004

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +24%

2232

Intel Core i7 12700

1799

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +93%

24244

Intel Core i7 12700

12519

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +9%

4286

Intel Core i7 12700

3921

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +104%

62987

Intel Core i7 12700

30858

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i7 12700

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

170 W

Power Consumption

65 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

180 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

16

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

12

32

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

21x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1500 MHz

448

Shader Units

256

8

Texture Units

16

4

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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