Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 528.31
$ 246.84
$ 281.47 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10606 points
5% slightly better overall score
10008 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points
2% slightly better gaming score
12170 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
9291 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
9088 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10914 points
21% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9007 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
281.95 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13858 points
15466 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2526 points
2977 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
4.50 GHz
87% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
61% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089
89th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 7 7700X comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700X is faster than the Core i9-12900F. Despite this, the Core i9-12900F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7700X. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900F. Also, the Ryzen 7 7700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7700X CPU because of its 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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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