AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core i7 12700

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 8700F, vs Intel Core i7 12700. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Intel Core i7 12700
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 8700F
1781
Intel Core i7 12700
1883
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
17662
Intel Core i7 12700
19714
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
110
Intel Core i7 12700
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
1024
Intel Core i7 12700
1069
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
3902
Intel Core i7 12700
3890
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
31436
Intel Core i7 12700
30535
Integer Math101.6 GOps/s107.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math63.3 GOps/s81.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search103 M primes/s102 M primes/s
Random String Sort45.8 M strings/s39.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.4 GB/s20.3 GB/s
Data Compression381.6 MB/s379.5 MB/s
Physics1644 frames/s1571 frames/s
Extended Instructions288 M matrices/s244 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
2745
Intel Core i7 12700
2492
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
14313
Intel Core i7 12700
12868
File Compression1450 MB/s892.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation107.4 KLines/s105.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser288.9 pages/s284.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering406.9 MP/sec385.9 MP/sec
Text Processing283.4 pages/s249.7 pages/s
Background Blur67.1 frames/s60.4 frames/s
Photo Processing112.9 frames/s103.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing24 MP/sec27.3 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
228.95
Intel Core i7 12700
269.72

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 220.2 PPW 198 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 483.6 PPW 469.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 15.8 PPW 16.4 PPW
Blender / W 3.52 PPW 4.15 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced May, 14, 2024 January, 1, 2022
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Alder Lake
Model number 8700F i7-12700
Integrated GPU No UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 16
Frequency 4.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a1.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.6 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1620
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier41x21x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core12 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total25 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 45-65 W 65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 88 W 180 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
Max Size 256 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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