Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Price

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$ 318.24

$ 273.07

$ 45.17 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10390 points

6% slightly better overall score

9769 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points

8% slightly better gaming score

11596 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

9145 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

8951 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points

20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7917 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

245.43 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points

13530 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points

2650 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

4.2 GHz

27% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089

95th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen 7 8700G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Ryzen 7 8700G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8700G in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8700G has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.