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Intel Core i7 12700F vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

61 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700F
VS
53 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Intel Core i7 12700F
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 12700F with 12-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
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Value for money (Beta)

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41.9
(Average)
Value Index
70.9
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800X and 12700F
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700F
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2605 vs 2232 points
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 7 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700F
vs
Ryzen 7 5800X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 483
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3448
Cinebench Scores (129th and 188th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700F +17%
2605
Ryzen 7 5800X
2232
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700F +27%
13076
Ryzen 7 5800X
10270
File compression 829.9 MB/sec 851.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 120.8 Klines/sec 97.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264.9 pages/sec 181 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 390.3 Mpixels/sec 319.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 261.8 pages/sec 236.3 pages/sec
Background blur 61.7 images/sec 50.5 images/sec
Photo processing 98.8 images/sec 66.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 28.4 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1084 & 936 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700F +11%
3841
Ryzen 7 5800X
3448
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700F +9%
30144
Ryzen 7 5800X
27661
Integer math 107.1 GOps/sec 94.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 81.6 GOps/sec 52.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 96M Primes/sec 122M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 39.5M Strings/sec 35.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 20 GBytes/sec 21.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 379.5 MBytes/sec 345.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1468 Frames/sec 1354 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 24.4B Matrices/sec 23.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4363 & 25373 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700F +28%
276.63
Ryzen 7 5800X
216.41

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 8.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 201.2 PPW 97.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 463.8 PPW 263.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.26 PPW 2.06 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 12700F
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-18 (dxd_shxdow)Cinebench 2026483 / 3448
📘 2026-04-15 (NyNy)Cinebench 202481 / 747
📘 2026-02-16 (nothampter)Cinebench 202482 / 1064
📘 2026-02-06 (Hexg)Cinebench 202495 / 849
📘 2025-12-27 (ivy:3)Cinebench 202496 / 863
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700F and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-12700F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265F - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X
Intel CPU rating (#77th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#95th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 25MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 180 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 90°C
Desktop CPU ranking (77th and 98th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700F official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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