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

Core i7-12700KF vs RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700KF performs better than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395.

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.