AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i7 12700K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, vs Intel Core i7 12700K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel Core i7 12700K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
1453
Intel Core i7 12700K
1935
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
14804
Intel Core i7 12700K
22970
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
90
Intel Core i7 12700K
111
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
812
Intel Core i7 12700K
1179
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
3233
Intel Core i7 12700K
4018
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
28316
Intel Core i7 12700K
34490
Integer Math88.8 GOps/s114.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math50.1 GOps/s88.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search226 M primes/s114 M primes/s
Random String Sort33.8 M strings/s45.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption20.3 GB/s23.5 GB/s
Data Compression329.8 MB/s447.6 MB/s
Physics2887 frames/s1799 frames/s
Extended Instructions226 M matrices/s289 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
2113
Intel Core i7 12700K
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
11198
Intel Core i7 12700K
14714
File Compression1240 MB/s1230 MB/s
Clang Compilation80.7 KLines/s122.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser227.7 pages/s382.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering316.9 MP/sec374.5 MP/sec
Text Processing205.9 pages/s267.6 pages/s
Background Blur54.7 frames/s55.9 frames/s
Photo Processing81.4 frames/s98.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing19.9 MP/sec29.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
212.46
Intel Core i7 12700K
309.16

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 106.6 PPW 117.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 269.7 PPW 275.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 7.7 PPW 9.4 PPW
Blender / W 2.02 PPW 2.47 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced March, 15, 2022 October, 27, 2021
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i7-12700K
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.8 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1620
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier34x36x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core12 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total25 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 190 W
Socket AM4 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 90 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- DDR4-2933
- DDR4-2667
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i7 12700K the clear winner in this comparison.

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