Product Compare

Intel Core i7 12700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

	CPU Intel Core i7 12700	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Jan 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Dragon Range
Processor Number	i7-12700
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Radeon 610M
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	AMD Socket FL1
Power Consumption	65 W	55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	180 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100°C
Transistor Count		13.14 billions
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	16
Performance Core Threads	16	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	5.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.6 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	12	16
Total Thread Count	20	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	21x	24.0
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 KB per core
L2 Cache	12 MB shared	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	25 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800	DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1500 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	256	128
Texture Units	16	8
Raster Operation Units	8	4
Execution Units	32	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	20	28
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1868	1864
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	20599	33370
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2491	2688
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12863	15655
Blender	281	575