AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D vs Intel Core i7 12700

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AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D

Intel Core i7 12700

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D with 8 cores 4.7GHz 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 9800X3D 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 10 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i7 12700 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D

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Intel Core i7 12700

General Parameters

Nov 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Granite Ridge

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700

AMD Socket AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 7(Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

8.315 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

180 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

70.6 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

122 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

16

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

5.2 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

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47.0

Multiplier

21x

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

96 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1500 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700

5

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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