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

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

• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 5000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700F AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  12 / 20 8 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  2.10 GHz 3.40 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  --
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  --
• Shader
  --
• Max. displays
  --
• Generation
  --
• Technology
  --
• Release date
  --

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

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

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.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 4.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700F and AMD Ryzen 7 5700X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  180 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  12.00 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  25.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022