AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Core i7-12700KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  AMD EPYC Intel Core i7
• CPU group
  AMD EPYC 9004 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 12
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i7-11700KF

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Frequency
  2.55 GHz 3.60 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD EPYC 9684X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  6144 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  12 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD EPYC 9684X and Intel Core i7-12700KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  320 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD EPYC 9684X and AMD EPYC 9684X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  SP5 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  1,152.00 MB 25.00 MB
• Architecture
  Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4) Alder Lake S
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512700K