Intel Core i7-12700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-12700T vs Ryzen 7 9700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9700X is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700T in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.