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EPYC 7642 vs Core i7-12700K

EPYC 7642 vs Core i7-12700K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i7-12700K

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £245.24 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 232 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i7-12700K

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £245.24 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 232 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700K outperforms EPYC 7642 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700K is 820 days newer than EPYC 7642.

Advantages of EPYC 7642

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-12700K - 96 vs 20 threads

Advantages of Core i7-12700K

  • Performs up to 7% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than EPYC 7642 - 212 vs 198 FPS
  • Consumes up to 44% less energy than AMD EPYC 7642 - 125 vs 225 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD EPYC 7642 doesn't have integrated graphics
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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019


FPS

198

93%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

212

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.16/FPS

100%

Price, £

£245.24

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £245.24 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 232 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo
EPYC 7642

Server/Workstation • Aug 7th, 2019


Single-Core

1264

50%

Multi-Core

10269

75%

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2531

100%

Multi-Core

13694

100%

AMD EPYC 7642 Logo

EPYC 7642

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Intel Core i7-12700K Logo

Core i7-12700K

Aug 7th, 2019
Nov 4th, 2021
EPYCCore i7
Not AvailableAlder Lake
AMD Socket SP3Intel Socket 1700
Server
Desktop
48
12
96
20
2.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
5.0 GHz
225 W
125 W
7 nm
10 nm
24.0x
36.0x
None
UHD Graphics 770
No
Yes

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