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Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 91 %

Intel Core i5-12490F

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

Intel Core i5-12490F

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,729 pts

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

1,833 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

12,345 pts

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

18,040 pts

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

677 cb

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

707 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,778

8C / 16T · 5.10 GHz

2,014

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

4,766 cb

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

7,061 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.20 GHz

8,686

8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz

13,217

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	AMD Ryzen 8000G (14)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Phoenix (Zen 4)
Technology	10 nm	4 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	AM5 (LGA 1718)
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-13490F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	6x Golden Cove	8x Zen 4
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	4.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.60 GHz	5.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.20 GHz	4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	256 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
TDP	65 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down		45 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12490F	AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-12490F is 4.3 stars (37 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 7 8700F has received 4.3 stars (71 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-12490F
6C / 12T · 3.00 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
8C / 16T · 4.10 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★