Intel Core i7 12700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 240
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i7-12700K
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon 760M
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP8
Power Consumption
125 W
35-54 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Transistor Count
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25 billions
Die Size
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178 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
12
6
Total Thread Count
20
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
43
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
2600 MHz
Shader Units
256
512
Texture Units
16
32
Raster Operation Units
8
16
Execution Units
32
8
Power Consumption
15 W
15
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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16 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
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Cinebench R23
22,801
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Geekbench 6
2,625
2,459
Geekbench 5
2,084
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Geekbench 6
14,728
10,511
Geekbench 5
15,499
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Cinebench 2024
114
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Cinebench 2024
1,172
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Blender
364
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Passmark CPU
4,040
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Passmark CPU
34,674
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