AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i7 12700F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz 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 9 7950X 's Advantages

Released 7 months late

Integrated graphics card

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 12700F '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 12700F

1885

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +92%

38165

Intel Core i7 12700F

19795

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +25%

3068

Intel Core i7 12700F

2446

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +67%

21409

Intel Core i7 12700F

12755

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +15%

127

Intel Core i7 12700F

110

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +117%

2185

Intel Core i7 12700F

1004

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +31%

2232

Intel Core i7 12700F

1703

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +95%

24244

Intel Core i7 12700F

12395

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +10%

4286

Intel Core i7 12700F

3882

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +105%

62987

Intel Core i7 12700F

30652

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i7 12700F

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

i7-12700F

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

No

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

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

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

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700F

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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