Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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 7800X3D has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700KF. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D 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.