Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

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Combined performance score

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
19.13

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 18% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking264193
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Value for money14.1857.87
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperIntel Core i7
Architecture codenameZEN+ (2018−2020)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date13 August 2018 (5 years old)4 November 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$899$409
Current price$762 (0.8x MSRP)$377 (0.9x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i7-12700K has 308% better value for money than Ryzen Threadripper 2950X.

Technical specs

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads3220
Base clock speed3.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.4 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm10 nm
Die size213 mm2215.25 mm220.5 mm × 10.5 mm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket TR4FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Quad-channelDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size2 TiB128 GB
Max memory channels42
Maximum memory bandwidth93.867 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HD-+
Graphics max frequency-1.5 GHz
Execution Units-32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported-4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4-4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP-5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort-7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-12
OpenGL-4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen Threadripper 2950X and Core i7-12700K.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 19.13
i7-12700K 22.56
+17.9%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 18% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 29382
i7-12700K 34658
+18%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 18% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1263
i7-12700K 2531
+100%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 100% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 8347
i7-12700K 13694
+64.1%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 64% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 4.19
i7-12700K 2.66
+57.5%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X outperforms Core i7-12700K by 58% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 27
i7-12700K 38
+41.8%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 42% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3110
i7-12700K 3325
+6.9%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 7% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 176
i7-12700K 272
+54.5%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 55% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 1.9
i7-12700K 3.29
+73.2%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 73% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 19.5
+24.2%
i7-12700K 15.7

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X outperforms Core i7-12700K by 24% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 4548
i7-12700K 10389
+128%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 128% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 202
i7-12700K 350
+72.8%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 73% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 145
i7-12700K 179
+23.5%

Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen Threadripper 2950X by 24% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 19.13 22.56
Recency 13 August 2018 4 November 2021
Physical cores 16 12
Threads 32 20
Cost $899 $409
Chip lithography 12 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 125 Watt

The Core i7-12700K is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X in performance tests.


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