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Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Last updated: 2026-07-01

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 i7-12700K

Rank 2 - 52 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank 2 - 82 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

114 pts

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

60 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,175 pts

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

964 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,939 pts

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,035 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

18,780 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,201

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

8,710

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

411 cb

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

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

1,040

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

8,750 cb

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

6,731 cb

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

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

11,370

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

319

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

271

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,761

16C / 32T · 3.40 GHz

8,719

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

286 cb

16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz

168 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

3,327 cb

16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz

2,986 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Whitehaven (Zen)
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	TR4 (SP3r2)
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	16 / 32
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz	16x 3.40 - 4.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	8.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	32.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
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 i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
TDP	125 W	180 W
TDP (PL2)	190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2021	Q3/2017
Release price	409 $	999 $
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 i7-12700K is 4.4 stars (125 ratings), while AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has received 4.6 stars (17 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz

★★★★★