Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 7 5800XT specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Ryzen 7 5800XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800XT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700K. Despite this, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800XT outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.