Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD 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
2% slightly better overall score
11227 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points
9% slightly better gaming score
12120 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points
11094 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points
11316 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points
458.55 points
50% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

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
65th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700K vs RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395.

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.

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