Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 7950X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7950X beats the Core i7-12700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7950X outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a slightly 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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.