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Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD EPYC 9554

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 87 %

AMD EPYC 9554

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 35 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD EPYC 9554

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

64C / 128T · 3.75 GHz

2,064

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

64C / 128T · 3.75 GHz

23,869

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

64C / 128T · 3.75 GHz

1,568

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

64C / 128T · 3.75 GHz

65,664

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD EPYC (147)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	AMD EPYC 9004 (21)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Genoa / Genoa-X (Zen 4)
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Server
Socket	LGA 1700	SP5
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700	AMD EPYC 9555

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	64 / 128
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	64x Zen 4 3.10 - 3.75 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	64.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	256.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (460.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	6144 GB
Memory channels	2	12
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 128
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	504.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
TDP	65 W	360 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up		400 W
TDP down		320 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	AMD EPYC 9554
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows Server 2022, Linux, Windows 11
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, BFLOAT16, VNNI
Release date	Q1/2022	Q4/2022
Release price	339 $	9087 $
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 i7-12700 is 4.4 stars (98 ratings), while AMD EPYC 9554 has received 4.7 stars (3 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

AMD EPYC 9554
64C / 128T · 3.10 - 3.75 GHz

★★★★★