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Intel Core i7 12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

66 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700KF
VS
63 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Intel Core i7 12700KF
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 12700KF with 12-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6-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
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
85.7
(Very good)
Value Index
106.5
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7600X and 12700KF
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700KF
  • Has 6 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 7 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700KF
vs
Ryzen 5 7600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (95th and 196th place)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700KF +13%
15378
Ryzen 5 7600X
13615
File compression 1070 MB/sec 1490 MB/sec
Clang compilation 127.7 Klines/sec 94.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 352.3 pages/sec 269.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 458.3 Mpixels/sec 342 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 275.7 pages/sec 308.4 pages/sec
Background blur 70.5 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 126.2 images/sec 108.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 30 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 718 & 1068 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700KF +20%
33924
Ryzen 5 7600X
28271
Integer math 113.7 GOps/sec 84.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 87.3 GOps/sec 50.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45.1M Strings/sec 38.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.1 GBytes/sec 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 439.7 MBytes/sec 317.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1757 Frames/sec 1820 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.5B Matrices/sec 24.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6694 & 11881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700KF +45%
308.32
Ryzen 5 7600X
213.14

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 8.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 123 PPW 129.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 271.4 PPW 269.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.47 PPW 2.03 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 12700KF
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Felix)Cinebench 2026611 / 5155
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-03 (CJ's PC)Cinebench 2024108 / 1212
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-14 (S0l1st)Cinebench 2024112 / 1290
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Tukumo)Cinebench 2024117 / 1302
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-23 (fhd)Cinebench 2024110 / 1191
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-19 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 883
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (Luficek)Cinebench 2024116 / 856
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru)Cinebench 2024121 / 917
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Geekbench 6 CPU3054 / 14225
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz)Cinebench 2024121 / 899
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 27, 2021 September 29, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i7-12700KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Intel Core i5 13600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#61st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 47x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 25MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors - 6.57 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 190 W 116 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (62nd and 71st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics - Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock - 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock - 2200 MHz
Shading Units - 128
TMUs - 8
ROPs - 4
Execution Units - 2
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700KF official page AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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