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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-12700 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 2500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-12700 is 1233 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 2500X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
- Up to 56% cheaper than Core i7-12700 - $106.47 vs $241.92
Advantages of Intel Core i7-12700
- Performs up to 253% better in Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 2500X - 60 vs 17 FPS
- Up to 36% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Ryzen 5 2500X - $4.03 vs $6.26 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500X - 16 vs 8 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 5 2500X doesn't have integrated graphics
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
FPS
17
28.333333333333332%
Value, $/FPS
$6.26/FPS
64.37699680511183%
Price, $
$106.47
100%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X CPU Used 4-Core 8-Thread Desktop Processor 3.6 GHz 8M 65W Socket AM4
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Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
60
100%
Value, $/FPS
$4.03/FPS
100%
Price, $
$241.92
44%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25MB Cache up to 4.90GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500X
Desktop • Sep 10th, 2018
Single-Core
1103
48.10292193632795%
Multi-Core
3801
35.259740259740255%
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X | vs | Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 10th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Pinnacle Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 8 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.1 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 21.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
6 FPS
$216.48/FPS
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Core i7-12700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$124.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i7-12700
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Core i7-12700
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Core i7-12700
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