Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Intel Core i7-12700K $350
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G $176
12 Cores
20 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
6 Cores
12 Threads
4.1GHz Clock
Socket
LGA 1700
Socket
AM5
iGPU
UHD 770 1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32
iGPU
Radeon 740M 2800MHz
1.43 TFLOPS FP32
CB23S 1,940
75%
CB23S 1,795
69%
CB23M 22,230
52%
CB23M 11,520
27%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Architecture
Alder Lake
Architecture
Zen 4
Family
Core 12th Gen
Family
Ryzen 8000
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Instruction Set (ISA)
x86-64
Codename
Alder Lake-S
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Alder Lake-8P-8E
P-Core
Golden Cove
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E-Core
Gracemont
Codename
Phoenix 2
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P-Core
Zen 4
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E-Core
Zen 4c
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
11/4/2021
Release Date
1/8/2024
Foundry
Intel
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
Intel 7
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Node
N4
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Die Size
202 mm²
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Die Size
137 mm²
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Transistor Count
14.6 Billion
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Transistor Count
20.9 Billion
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12 Cores
8 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
6 Cores
2 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
20 Threads
16 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
12 Threads
4 P-Threads
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8 E-Threads
P-Core
3.6GHz
5GHz Boost
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P-Core
4.1GHz
5GHz Boost
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E-Core
2.7GHz
3.8GHz Boost
E-Core
3.2GHz
3.7GHz Boost
Overclocking
Unlocked
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Overclocking
Unlocked
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Type
DMI
Type
PCIe
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Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
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Lanes
8
Lanes
4
Bandwidth
16GB/s
Bandwidth
8GB/s
Bi-directional
32GB/s
Bi-directional
16GB/s
L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
32KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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64KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Instruction
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L1 Data
48KB/P-Core
12-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
8-way set associative
L1 Data
32KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L2
1280KB/Core
10-way set associative
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2MB Shared (E-Core)
16-way set associative
L2
1024KB/Core
8-way set associative
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L3
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25MB Shared
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12-way set associative
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L3
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16MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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Channels
2
Channels
2
Max Memory
128GB
Max Memory
256GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2400MHz
Transfer Rate
4800MT/s
Clock
2800MHz
Transfer Rate
5200MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
38.4GB/s
Bandwidth
76.8GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
44.8GB/s
Bandwidth
89.6GB/s
TDP
125W
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190W Peak
TDP
65W
45W cTDP Down
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Temp
100°C Max
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Temp
95°C Max
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Wraith Stealth
PCIe 5.0 x16 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x4 Lanes
PCIe 4.0 x10 Lanes
UHD 770 1500MHz
256 Shaders
1500MHz
770 GFLOPS FP32
Radeon 740M 2800MHz
256 Shaders
2800MHz
1.43 TFLOPS FP32
GNA 3.0
No NPU
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No Cellular
No Cellular
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