Compare the two processors: the Intel Core i5-12600K and the AMD Ryzen 7-12700F.
Compare the two processors: the Intel Core i5-12600K and the AMD Ryzen 7-12700F.
You're considering two processors with similar turbo capabilities. The i7 could hit around 4.90ghz depending on the chip, while the i5 might reach 5ghz with overclocking. Although the i5 has more base power, the i7 offers slightly better L2 cache and max turbo. I'm leaning toward the i7. Thanks!
Uncertain if this connects, but when I attempted to overclock my 3080 TUF, the improvement was at most around 3 percent, sometimes less. After overclocking my 12700K, I noticed a noticeable boost of 3-4 frames per second at higher resolutions, which was anticipated. However, when I ran both 3080 and 12700K together at the same time, my 3080 performance nearly matched that of a 3090, showing a gain of roughly 10-15 percent at 4K resolution. That was unusual since CPU speed shouldn’t matter much there. For a while, about a week later after a Windows update, my games ran slower overall and I couldn’t match the previous results. I’m still trying to understand what went wrong. Overall, overclocking seems largely ineffective for gaming.
If you give it some time until September, Zen 4 will be ready. It’s going to be impressive—5nm, a 20% jump in IPC, DDR5 support, and more. Honestly, I should have waited (though we’ll upgrade eventually).
I'm not as focused on high-performance computing anymore. My PC is mainly used for work and gaming, not just Excel, PowerPoint, or browsers. For games, the graphics card is more important. I’m not really thinking about the 5800X because the 12th generation supports Windows 11 better, and I also noticed the 12700 model is on sale.