Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is faster than the Core i7-12700. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.