AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core i7 12700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 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 5 1500X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Intel Core i7 12700F 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 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)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

930

Intel Core i7 12700F +102%

1885

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

4641

Intel Core i7 12700F +326%

19795

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

1136

Intel Core i7 12700F +115%

2446

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3734

Intel Core i7 12700F +241%

12755

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

918

Intel Core i7 12700F +85%

1703

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

3861

Intel Core i7 12700F +221%

12395

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

2111

Intel Core i7 12700F +83%

3882

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

9063

Intel Core i7 12700F +238%

30652

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

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Intel Core i7 12700F

General Parameters

Apr 2017

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

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

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

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

3.7 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

4

Total Core Count

12

8

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

21x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1500X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700F

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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