Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900F beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.