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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i7-12700H. Specifications, performance, tests

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2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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Intel Core i7-12700H
Intel Core i7-12700H

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or Intel Core i7-12700H? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

Intel Core i7-12700H has a base frequency of 2.30 GHz. 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    77 left arrow place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 48% better clock speed

    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 5700X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    83 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    87 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    61 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    82 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    20 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    96 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    108 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    120 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    75 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    59 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    6 more cores

    14 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 2 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.70 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i7-12700H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    32 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    57 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    42 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    139 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    106 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    67 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 12000H
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 12
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X left arrow -
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Mobile
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.3 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Core Configuration
    8x left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 14
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.6 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.7 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • A-Core
    - left arrow 6x Golden Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 8x Gracemont
  • Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.8 GHz
IGPU

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
    None left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12.1
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 96
  • Generation
    - left arrow 13
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1400 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q1/2022
  • Shader
    - left arrow 768
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Memory Bandwidth
    51.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow 4.0 x 20
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-12700H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 45 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 115 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-12700H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Alder Lake H
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Documents
    Technical data sheet left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L1-Cache
    0.5 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 11.5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 24 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000926 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow Q1/2022
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow BGA 1744
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 10 nm
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    Not Included left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 16

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 5700X Intel Core i7-12700HResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 204.81129 samples/min Submissions: 58 179.157041 samples/min Submissions: 13 -12.5 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux 236.767047 samples/min Submissions: 40 201.516106 samples/min Submissions: 25 -14.9 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 211.761774 samples/min Submissions: 53 171.747624 samples/min Submissions: 8 -18.9 %
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows 205.657999 samples/min Submissions: 10 189.136701 samples/min Submissions: 6 -8.0 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 246.522914 samples/min Submissions: 206 183.839528 samples/min Submissions: 20 -25.4 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 190.280932 samples/min Submissions: 218 171.366816 samples/min Submissions: 53 -9.9 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 242.186257 samples/min Submissions: 141 160.170807 samples/min Submissions: 5 -33.9 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 193.758117 samples/min Submissions: 213 194.511825 samples/min Submissions: 44 +0.4 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 220.283968 samples/min Submissions: 161 220.248805 samples/min Submissions: 9 0.0 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 181.770615 samples/min Submissions: 186 173.836398 samples/min Submissions: 39 -4.4 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Linux 223.581698 samples/min Submissions: 68 227.527826 samples/min Submissions: 12 +1.8 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 181.411354 samples/min Submissions: 159 166.642257 samples/min Submissions: 57 -8.1 %
More tests: 4
Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 5700X Intel Core i7-12700HResult difference¹
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Linux 240.976957 samples/min Submissions: 37 210.522717 samples/min Submissions: 10 -12.6 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 194.838614 samples/min Submissions: 124 171.496699 samples/min Submissions: 27 -12.0 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Linux 237.248946 samples/min Submissions: 55 282.531205 samples/min Submissions: 5 +19.1 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 193.257281 samples/min Submissions: 205 185.722833 samples/min Submissions: 88 -3.9 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Intel Core i7-12700H

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 10M / 17 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i7-12700H 6305.822292 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 10M / 17 threads / linux
System RAM: 64 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: LENOVO / INVALID
Duration: 1585.836 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / linux

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 7693.313741 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / linux
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Linux x86_64
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B550M DS3H AC
Duration: 129.983 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 7 5700X and Intel Core i7-12700H.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

1532.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
1806.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

13802.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
16745.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H
Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 SC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

588.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
694.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H
Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 MC is a high load CPU test for long tasks on a desktop or notebook PC, using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

5330.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
7170.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1634.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
1526.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

10179.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
10738.000000
Intel Core i7-12700H

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