AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i5-12600KF

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6852 points
9942 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8244 points
12691 points
53% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6364 points
9055 points
42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6214 points
8840 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.28 points
226.61 points
0.59% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
130% significantly lower TDP
150 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
800 KiB
56% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
20 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

215th of 1,121
96th of 1,121

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Ryzen 7 4700G vs Core i5-12600KF benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 4700G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4700G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4700G. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4700G. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4700G. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4700G CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 Ryzen 7 4700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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