Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Core i7-12700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 9900X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X 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.