AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Intel Core i7-12700K

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 199.99

$ 60.00 significantly less expensive

$ 259.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

11540 points

73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points

13325 points

94% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points

10952 points

66% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points

10812 points

64% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and the Core i7-12700K? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points

10051 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

304.26 points

47% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points

13491 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points

2487 points

126% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

13854 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

2554 points

116% significantly 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

3.5 GHz

3.6 GHz

2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

5 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

5% slightly lower TDP

190 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

960 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089

57th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i7-12700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen Threadripper 1920X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its slightly 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 Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.