AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i7 12700

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Intel Core i7 12700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i7 12700 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 7950X3D 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i7 12700 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +9%

2043

Intel Core i7 12700

1868

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +87%

38581

Intel Core i7 12700

20599

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +20%

3012

Intel Core i7 12700

2491

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +57%

20270

Intel Core i7 12700

12863

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +11%

119

Intel Core i7 12700

107

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +105%

2060

Intel Core i7 12700

1004

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +134%

659

Intel Core i7 12700

281

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +27%

2294

Intel Core i7 12700

1799

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +93%

24247

Intel Core i7 12700

12519

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +5%

4148

Intel Core i7 12700

3921

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +102%

62623

Intel Core i7 12700

30858

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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Intel Core i7 12700

General Parameters

Jan 2023

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

i7-12700

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

65 W

162 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

180 W

89°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

16

4.2 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

42x

Multiplier

21x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1500 MHz

448

Shader Units

256

8

Texture Units

16

4

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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