Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD EPYC 7601

Intel Core i7-12700KF
Intel Socket 1700DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2021
Intel Core i7-12700KF
AMD EPYC 7601
AMD Socket TR4SERVER
2200 MHz / Cores: 32 / Jun 2017
AMD EPYC 7601

Summary

Reasons to consider Intel Core i7-12700KF

55 watts lower power draw.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on raw specifications plus core architecture.

Reasons to consider AMD EPYC 7601

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

Intel Core i7-12700KF

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i7-12700KF

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD EPYC 7601

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD EPYC 7601

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
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
3DNow!
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SMT

Architecture

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
ArchitectureIntel Adler LakevsAMD Zen
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4
CodenameAlder LakevsZen
Release DateNov 2021vsJun 2017

Cores

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
Cores12vs32
Threads20vs64
E-Cores4vsnone
SMPs1vs2
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96 KB (per core)
L2 Cache12MB (shared)vs512 KB (per core)
L3 Cache25MB (shared)vs65536 KB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
SocketIntel Socket 1700vsAMD Socket TR4
Max Case Temp72°Cvsunknown
PackageFC-LGA1700vsuPGA
Die Sizeunknownvs192mm²
Process10 nmvs14 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7601
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs2200 MHz
Turbo Clock5000 MHzvs3200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
E-Core Frequency2700 MHzvs-
E-Core Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs-
VoltageN/Avsvariable
TDP125 Wvs180 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF
    6000 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    3520 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF
    58752 points
  • AMD EPYC 7601
    94476 points

Points - higher is better