Intel Core i7-12700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

Core i7-12700T vs Ryzen 7 5700 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700T is faster than the Ryzen 7 5700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700. The Core i7-12700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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