Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11540 points

1% slightly better overall score

11380 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points

25% slightly better gaming score

10581 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points

11723 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points

11982 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points

15023 points

49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points

538.07 points

76% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.4 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W

55 W

245% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

1280 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

64 MiB

156% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089

61st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700K performs better than the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 9955HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 9955HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.