Intel Core i7 12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Mar 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i7-12700KF
9950X3D
Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
170 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
-
16.6 billions
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
16
Performance Core Threads
16
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
-
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
20
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
43
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2200 MHz
Shader Units
-
128
Texture Units
-
8
Raster Operation Units
-
4
Execution Units
-
2
Power Consumption
-
15
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
2,240
Cinebench R23
22,801
42,369
Geekbench 6
2,790
3,473
Geekbench 5
2,031
-
Geekbench 6
15,374
22,539
Geekbench 5
14,961
-
Cinebench 2024
114
142
Blender
349
808
Passmark CPU
4,020
4,731
Passmark CPU
34,419
70,009
Cinebench 2024
-
2,448