Intel Core i7-12700F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Core i7-12700F vs Ryzen 7 7700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700 is faster than the Core i7-12700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700F has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700F. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.