Intel Core i7 12700K vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number
i7-12700K
-
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP8
Power Consumption
125 W
15-35 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
3
Performance Core Threads
16
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
5
Efficiency Core Threads
4
10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.3 GHz
Total Core Count
12
8
Total Thread Count
20
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
20
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 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
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
2900 MHz
Shader Units
256
1024
Texture Units
16
64
Raster Operation Units
8
40
Execution Units
32
16
Power Consumption
15 W
15
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,944
1,953
Cinebench R23
22,801
14,572
Geekbench 6
2,625
2,753
Geekbench 5
2,084
-
Geekbench 6
14,728
11,860
Geekbench 5
15,499
-
Cinebench 2024
114
113
Cinebench 2024
1,172
791
Blender
364
-
Passmark CPU
4,040
4,074
Passmark CPU
34,674
24,157