Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD EPYC 7502P

Intel Core i7-12700KF
Intel Socket 1700DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 12 / Nov 2021
Intel Core i7-12700KF
AMD EPYC 7502P
AMD Socket SP3SERVER
2500 MHz / Cores: 32 / Aug 2019
AMD EPYC 7502P

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 7502P

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 7502P

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD EPYC 7502P

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


Specifications

Features

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
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 i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
ArchitectureIntel Adler LakevsAMD Zen 2
MarketDesktopvsServer
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR4-3200 MHz Eight-channel
CodenameAlder LakevsRome
Release DateNov 2021vsAug 2019

Cores

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
Cores12vs32
Threads20vs64
E-Cores4vsnone
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsNo

Cache

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
L1 Cache64K (per core)vs96K (per core)
L2 Cache12MB (shared)vs512K (per core)
L3 Cache25MB (shared)vs128MB (shared)

Physical

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
SocketIntel Socket 1700vsAMD Socket SP3
Max Case Temp72°CvsN/A
PackageFC-LGA1700vsFCLGA-4094
Die Sizeunknownvs74mm²
Process10 nmvs7 nm

Performance

Intel Core i7-12700KFAMD EPYC 7502P
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs2500 MHz
Turbo Clock5000 MHzvs3350 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
E-Core Frequency2700 MHzvs-
E-Core Turbo Clock3800 MHzvs-
VoltageN/AvsN/A
TDP125 Wvs180 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF
    6000 points
  • AMD EPYC 7502P
    3752 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF
    58752 points
  • AMD EPYC 7502P
    109312 points

Points - higher is better