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

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

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

Intel Core i7-12700F has a base frequency of 2.10 GHz. 12 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2022.

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.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    48 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    12 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.90 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz

Positions in all rankings

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

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    24 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    42 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    116 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    121 place
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 62% better clock speed

    3.4 GHz left arrow 2.10 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

Specifications

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

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 12000 left arrow AMD Ryzen 5000
  • Family
    Intel Core i7 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 4
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i7-11700F left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 5000 Series
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
    8x Golden Cove left arrow -
  • B-Core
    4x Gracemont left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    2.1 GHz left arrow 3.4 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    12 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.9 GHz left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
    4 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 4.2 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 None
Hardware codec support

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

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

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

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700F and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 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
    100 °C left arrow 90 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    180 W left arrow -
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Architecture
    Alder Lake S left arrow Vermeer (Zen 3)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L2-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • L3-Cache
    25 MB left arrow 32 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow 2022-04-04
  • Socket
    LGA 1700 left arrow AM4
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 7nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Codename
    - left arrow Vermeer
  • Documents
    - left arrow Technical data sheet
  • L1-Cache
    - left arrow 0.5 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    - left arrow 100-000000926
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    - left arrow Not Included

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 8

Blender Cycles

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

Test and settingsIntel Core i7-12700F AMD Ryzen 7 5700XResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 248.629718 samples/min Submissions: 9 202.935173 samples/min Submissions: 54 -18.4 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 290.591962 samples/min Submissions: 5 211.761774 samples/min Submissions: 53 -27.1 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 228.87724 samples/min Submissions: 22 190.280932 samples/min Submissions: 218 -16.9 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 249.656014 samples/min Submissions: 6 193.758117 samples/min Submissions: 213 -22.4 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 234.358451 samples/min Submissions: 14 181.770615 samples/min Submissions: 186 -22.4 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 213.615042 samples/min Submissions: 22 181.411354 samples/min Submissions: 159 -15.1 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 274.511737 samples/min Submissions: 10 194.838614 samples/min Submissions: 124 -29.0 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 253.915537 samples/min Submissions: 15 193.257281 samples/min Submissions: 205 -23.9 %

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.

Intel Core i7-12700F

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

More results: 2

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 i7-12700F 7964.890762 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 12 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / B660M-C
Duration: 125.551 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 Intel Core i7-12700F and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X.

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.

1862.000000
Intel Core i7-12700F
1532.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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.

21568.000000
Intel Core i7-12700F
13802.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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.

1595.000000
Intel Core i7-12700F
1634.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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.

10170.000000
Intel Core i7-12700F
10179.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

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