Intel Core i7 12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Apr 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 2 (Renoir)
Processor Number
i7-12700KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM4
Power Consumption
125 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
88 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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9.8 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
12
6
Total Thread Count
20
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
36
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
1,210
Cinebench R23
22,801
9,298
Geekbench 6
2,790
1,580
Geekbench 5
2,031
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Geekbench 6
15,374
6,771
Geekbench 5
14,961
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Cinebench 2024
114
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Blender
349
145
Passmark CPU
4,020
2,597
Passmark CPU
34,419
16,128
Cinebench 2024
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483
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.