Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD EPYC 7F72

Intel Core i7-12700K
Intel Socket 1700DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2021
Intel Core i7-12700K
AMD EPYC 7F72
AMD Socket SP3SERVER
3200 MHz / Cores: 24 / Apr 2020
AMD EPYC 7F72

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-12700K

115 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD EPYC 7F72.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7F72

Higher theoretical multi-threaded performance, based on specifications plus core architecture.

Intel Core i7-12700K

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-12700K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD EPYC 7F72

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD EPYC 7F72

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
AVX-512
FMA3
SHA
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
ABM
ADX
RdRand
TBT 2.0
TBT 3.0
EMMX
SSE4.1
SSE4A
AES
Real
Protected
SMM
FPU
NX bit
SMT
AMD-Vi
AMD-V
SME
TSME
SEV
SenseMi
Boost 2

Architecture

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
ArchitectureIntel Adler LakevsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-3200 MHz Eight-channel
CodenameAlder LakevsRome
Release DateNov 2021vsApr 2020

Cores

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
Cores12vs24
Threads20vs48
E-Cores4vsnone
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770vsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache12MB (shared)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache25MB (shared)vs192MB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
SocketIntel Socket 1700vsAMD Socket SP3
Max Case Temp72°CvsN/A
PackageFC-LGA1700vsFCLGA-4094
Die Sizeunknownvs74mm²
Process10 nmvs7 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-12700KAMD EPYC 7F72
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock5000 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
E-Core Frequency2700 MHzvs-
E-Core Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs-
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP125 Wvs240 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700K
    6000 points
  • AMD EPYC 7F72
    4144 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700K
    58752 points
  • AMD EPYC 7F72
    104939 points

Points - higher is better