Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700 is faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.