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Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

69 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900KF
VS
68 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Intel Core i9 12900KF
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 12900KF with 16-cores against the 4.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 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
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
60.3
(Average)
Value Index
82.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7700X and 12900KF
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900KF
  • Has 8 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2931 vs 2686 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 12900KF
vs
Ryzen 7 7700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 619
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4481
Cinebench Scores (77th and 131st 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900KF +4%
16140
Ryzen 7 7700X
15478
File compression 1150 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
Clang compilation 141 Klines/sec 120.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 363.2 pages/sec 298 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 475.6 Mpixels/sec 437.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 274.8 pages/sec 300.6 pages/sec
Background blur 66.8 images/sec 72.1 images/sec
Photo processing 138.5 images/sec 114.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 33.9 Mpixels/sec 26.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1129 & 840 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900KF +14%
40499
Ryzen 7 7700X
35487
Integer math 138.3 GOps/sec 111.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 104.8 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 138M Primes/sec 177M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 56.7M Strings/sec 49.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 29.2 GBytes/sec 24.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 532.8 MBytes/sec 418.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 2054 Frames/sec 1980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 33.4B Matrices/sec 31.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3476 & 9568 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 12900KF +29%
365.61
Ryzen 7 7700X
284.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.7 PPW 10.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 129.1 PPW 147.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 324 PPW 338 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.92 PPW 2.71 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 i9 12900KF
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-11 (ankan_001)Geekbench 6 CPU3068 / 16420
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Geekbench 6 CPU3011 / 15732
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Bigscheff)Cinebench 2026634 / 4679
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-10 (darkV0R4X)Cinebench 2026521 / 3583
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-01 (EMPEROR)Cinebench 2026619 / 4481
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900KF and AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

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 i9-12900KF -
Integrated GPU No Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core i9 14900KF - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel CPU rating (#49th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#39th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 4.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.9 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 24 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 45x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 14MB (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (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) 241 W 142 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (51st and 53rd 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 i9 12900KF official page AMD Ryzen 7 7700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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