Intel Core i7-12700F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Price

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$ 244.97

$ 31.39 slightly less expensive

$ 276.36

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10416 points

10739 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12172 points

12739 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points

10048 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9714 points

9834 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9522 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

8548 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

270.50 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

266.15 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15291 points

18760 points

22% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11687 points

14475 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2341 points

2771 points

18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11785 points

14835 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2387 points

2879 points

20% 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

3.80 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.3 GHz

8% 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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

87% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

77th of 1,089

74th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700F is faster than the Ryzen 7 7700. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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.

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.