AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i7-12700KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  4 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-11700KF
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

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
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 12
• CPU Threads
  16 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.5 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 4.7 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
  None None

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700KF and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  PCIe 4.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel Core i7-12700KF 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
  105 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  90 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  105 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 228 W / 56 s

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel Core i7-12700KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Vermeer (Zen 3) Alder Lake S
• Codename
  Vermeer -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 2.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  96 MB 25 MB
• Part Number
  - BX8071512700K
• Release date
  2022-04-20 Q4/2021
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d