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£220
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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-12700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 1500X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i7-12700 is 1750 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
- Up to 12% cheaper than Core i7-12700 - £220.0 vs £250.97
- Up to 9% better value when playing Dishonored 2 than Core i7-12700 - £0.84 vs £0.92 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 3% better in Dishonored 2 than Ryzen 5 1500X - 272 vs 263 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 16 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 1500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Dishonored 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
FPS
263
96%
Value, £/FPS
£0.84/FPS
100%
Price, £
£220
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Desktop CPU-AM4(Quad Core,3.5GHz -3.7GHz Turbo,65W)
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Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
272
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.92/FPS
91%
Price, £
£250.97
87%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
Buy for £250.97 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 19268 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | vs | Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 1500X or Core i7-12700
Dishonored 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
119 FPS
£12.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,532.99
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131 FPS
£18.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,427.99
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111 FPS
£10.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,155.26
In Stock
94 FPS
£19.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,838.65
In Stock
112 FPS
£11.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,285.99
In Stock
94 FPS
£7.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£665.23
In Stock
119 FPS
£10.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,233.99
In Stock
94 FPS
£19.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,799
In Stock
94 FPS
£16.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,579
In Stock
64 FPS
£16.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,055.45
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