Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  12 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700 AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

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.

• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 3.50 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal

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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz --
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 --
• Shader
  256 --
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4 --
• Generation
  12 --
• Technology
  10 nm --
• Release date
  Q4/2021 --

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600 and Intel Core i7-12700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP down
  -- 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  2.50 MB 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2022