AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7-12700

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

8883 points

10228 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points

12450 points

29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points

9520 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points

9357 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8096 points

9515 points

17% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

259.30 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9801 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9492 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2053 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1788 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10663 points

10978 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2128 points

2375 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.3 GHz

10% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

4.9 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

960 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

156% significantly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

122nd of 1,120

86th of 1,120

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i7-12700 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Ryzen 9 5900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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 Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.