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AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

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Q2/2021
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
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Intel Core i7-12700
Intel Core i7-12700

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5800 or Intel Core i7-12700? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 has a base frequency of 3.40 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q2/2021.

Intel Core i7-12700 has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q4/2021.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 5800 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 5800
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  • Higher clock speed

    Around 62% better clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    12 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4 % higher specified turbo frequency

    4.80 GHz left arrow 4.60 GHz

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 AMD Ryzen 7 5800
Intel Core i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700
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 12000
  • Family
    AMD Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i7
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 12
  • Predecessor
    AMD Ryzen 7 3800X left arrow Intel Core i7-11700
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 8x Golden Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 4x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.1 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 12
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.6 GHz left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.1 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.

  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 12
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 400 MHz
  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow 1450 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 4
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 16 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q4/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • 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 i7-12700 and AMD Ryzen 7 5800. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 256 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
  • PCIe lanes
    20 left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    4.0 left arrow 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and Intel Core i7-12700 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800 and Intel Core i7-12700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Alder Lake S
  • 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+
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 2.5 MB
  • L3-Cache
    32 MB left arrow 25 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2021 left arrow Q4/2021
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 2

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 5800 Intel Core i7-12700Result difference¹
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 178.834206 samples/min Submissions: 5 212.631414 samples/min Submissions: 16 +18.9 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 201.105007 samples/min Submissions: 24 238.772898 samples/min Submissions: 28 +18.7 %

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 5800

Intel Core i7-12700

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 / 1M / 12 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i7-12700 6523.540195 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Dell Inc. / 0Y08K8
Duration: 153.291 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800 7556.1802 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.25.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 132.342 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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