AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i7-12700T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700T beats the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

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 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.