Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 7 7700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Ryzen 7 7700X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7700X outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.