AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs Intel Core i9-12900KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Ryzen 7 Intel Core i9
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5025U/7030U Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  4 12
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i9-11900KF

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
  2.00 GHz 3.70 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
  AMD Radeon 8 Graphics (Renoir) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  2.00 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  8 32
• Shader
  512 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Generation
  9 12
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q4/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 7730U and Intel Core i9-12900KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• TDP down
  8 W --
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7730U and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FP6 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.75 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 30.00 MB
• Architecture
  Barcelo (Zen 3) 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
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512900KF