AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i7 12700F

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AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Intel Core i7 12700F

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i7 12700F 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 3 2300X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Intel Core i7 12700F 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 12nm)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i7 12700F +103%

2446

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i7 12700F +282%

12755

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1035

Intel Core i7 12700F +64%

1703

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3439

Intel Core i7 12700F +260%

12395

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

2364

Intel Core i7 12700F +64%

3882

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

7577

Intel Core i7 12700F +304%

30652

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i7 12700F

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen+

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

180 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4 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

4

Total Core Count

12

4

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

21x

128 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700F

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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