AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

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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Intel Core i7-12700KF

Price

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$ 269.00

$ 229.97

$ 39.03 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9859 points

11376 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9924 points

13117 points

32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9836 points

10800 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9828 points

10658 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10192 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

10063 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

313.97 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

304.09 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11764 points

13015 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2141 points

2418 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11794 points

13490 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2200 points

2520 points

14% 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

3.7 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

3.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

80% significantly lower TDP

190 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

94th of 1,089

62nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 9 5900X vs Core i7-12700KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 5900X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 9 5900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.