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Key Differences
In short — Core i7-12700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700 is 854 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
- Up to 80% cheaper than Core i7-12700 - £50.0 vs £249.97
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 17% better in Rust than Ryzen 5 3500X - 236 vs 202 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3500X - 16 vs 6 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 3500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
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Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3500X
Desktop • Sep 24th, 2019
Single-Core
1555
67.81508940252944%
Multi-Core
5850
54.26716141001855%
AMD Ryzen 5 3500X | vs | Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Matisse | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 6 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3500X or Core i7-12700
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
99 FPS
£8.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£856.08
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88 FPS
£17.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,579
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111 FPS
£22.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,495
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99 FPS
£10.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,049.99
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88 FPS
£13.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,199.79
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88 FPS
£14.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,284
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103 FPS
£26.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,688
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111 FPS
£30.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,345.99
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88 FPS
£16.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,435
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106 FPS
£33.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,499
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