UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i7-12700K

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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 298^th / 1442

Gaming 76%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 74%

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Best Bench: 123% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 102% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 102% Great: 123%

SPEED RANK: 31^st / 1442

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 126%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		75.7 %			114 %	Much faster effective speed. +50%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	75.3 Pts	81.7 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +8%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	113 Pts	201 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +78%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	219 Pts	397 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +81%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	409 Pts	781 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +91%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	708 Pts	1407 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +99%


Memory OC Memory Latency	86.7 Pts	92.7 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +7%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	128 Pts	212 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +66%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	254 Pts	423 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +67%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	499 Pts	841 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +69%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	911 Pts	1587 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +74%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %		1.11 %	Hugely higher market share. +344%
Value Value For Money	81.7 %		120 %	Much better value. +47%
User Rating UBM User Rating	70 %		90 %	More popular. +29%
Price Price (score)	$210	Slightly cheaper. +8%	$228


Age Newest	72 Months		29 Months	Much more recent. +60%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores		12 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads		20 threads	Higher thread count. +25%
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm		10 nm	Newer manufacturing. +17%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	+3%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.3 GHz		5 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +16%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1276 Pts		2480 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +94%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1096 Pts		2271 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +107%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Alder Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1700
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 770

The 8 core, 16 thread 2700X is AMD’s second generation Ryzen 7 flagship following in the wake of the Ryzen 7 1800X which continues to offer excellent multi-core value for money. This new Pinnacle Ridge processor features the Zen+ architecture with 12nm lithography compared to 14nm previously. Whilst there is no increase in the number of cores, the stock base / boost clocks appear to have received a bump up to 3.7 / 4.3 GHz from 3.6 / 4.0 GHz. The 2700X is compatible with both the new 400 series and 300 series of motherboards. Early benchmarks indicate that the 2700X has a slightly greater effective speed than the 1800X, although further benchmarks are necessary to quantify this. The expected launch price of $329 includes a Wraith Prism cooler and is in the same price bracket as the 1800X and Intel’s Coffee Lake i7-8700K. Whilst the 6 core, 12 thread 8700K beats the 2700X in single and quad core performance by around 15%, the 2700X wins on multi-core workloads. PC gaming and desktop performance is generally governed by six or less cores but the 2700X offers value for money to workstation users. Even though the 2700X excels at video production, streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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The 12-core i7-12700K sits in the middle of Intel’s latest 12th gen. Alder Lake CPU line-up. It offers a significant performance improvement over it's predecessor (+50% 64-core). The 12700K features a new hybrid architecture which combines eight hyper-threaded performance cores with four efficiency cores for a total of 20 threads. With an MSRP of $410 USD, the 12700K offers similar real world performance to the flagship i9-12900K, at a 30% price discount. Although, by historical standards, this represents superb value for money, most consumers should consider the 10-core 16-thread i5-12600K which offers comparable real-world performance for 30% less money. ^{[Nov '21 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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