AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 12700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz 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 5500 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Intel Core i7 12700F 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/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 5500

1365

Intel Core i7 12700F +38%

1885

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10573

Intel Core i7 12700F +87%

19795

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1776

Intel Core i7 12700F +37%

2446

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

Intel Core i7 12700F +76%

12755

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

155

Intel Core i7 12700F +122%

345

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1424

Intel Core i7 12700F +19%

1703

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

Intel Core i7 12700F +72%

12395

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

3028

Intel Core i7 12700F +28%

3882

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

19373

Intel Core i7 12700F +58%

30652

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i7 12700F

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

180 W

90 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.2 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

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

21x

64 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

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700F

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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