Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

11376 points
69% significantly better overall score
6729 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13117 points
57% significantly better gaming score
8309 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10800 points
73% significantly better multitasking score
6222 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10658 points
75% significantly better heavy workload score
6086 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10063 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6869 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.09 points
73% significantly higher Blender score
174.92 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13490 points
53% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8807 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1907 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
4.75 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W
54 W
251% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
87% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

62nd of 1,089
208th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 7 7735HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 7735HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7735HS 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 7735HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7735HS. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 7735HS. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 7735HS 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.

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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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