AMD Ryzen 7 4700G vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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
3% slightly better overall score
6632 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8244 points
15% slightly better gaming score
7128 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6364 points
6506 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6214 points
6504 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

225.28 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
160% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

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
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
30 MiB
274% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

203rd of 1,089
214th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 4000 G-Series Desktop
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 4700G vs Core i9-12900T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 4700G performs better than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4700G. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4700G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 4700G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 4700G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-12900T 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 Ryzen 7 4700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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