AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i7-12700
For gaming, the Intel Core i7-12700 is 1% ahead on our index. The rows below show where the other one still wins.
Gaming index 79 80
Cores 8 12
Threads 16 20
Top speed 5.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
Rated power 65 W 65 W
Games at recommended 231 232
Released20232022
Quick answers
Is the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 better than the Intel Core i7-12700 for gaming?
No — on our gaming index the Intel Core i7-12700 scores 80 and the AMD Ryzen 7 7700 79.
What is the fastest graphics card each one can keep up with?
At 1440p, by our bottleneck model: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 for the AMD Ryzen 7 7700, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 for the Intel Core i7-12700.