AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i7-12700F

Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Core i7-12700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700F beats the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has 32 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700F. Despite this, the Core i7-12700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700F outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3970X thanks to a 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 Threadripper 3970X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.