AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i7 12700KF

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Intel Core i7 12700KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 12700KF 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 5 5500 's Advantages

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 12700KF 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 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

1364

Intel Core i7 12700KF +42%

1944

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

10550

Intel Core i7 12700KF +116%

22801

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1776

Intel Core i7 12700KF +57%

2790

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7245

Intel Core i7 12700KF +112%

15374

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

166

Intel Core i7 12700KF +110%

349

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

1424

Intel Core i7 12700KF +42%

2031

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

7179

Intel Core i7 12700KF +108%

14961

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

3028

Intel Core i7 12700KF +32%

4020

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

19373

Intel Core i7 12700KF +77%

34419

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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Intel Core i7 12700KF

General Parameters

Mar 2022

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700KF

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

190 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

3.6 GHz

4.2 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

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

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

Yes

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

Yes

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700KF

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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