Below we've put the Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5800X through a six-round faceoff to see which chip takes the crown in our gaming and application benchmarks, along with other key criteria like power consumption and pricing. This means the AMD vs Intel rivalry is anything but the clear-cut victory it appears to be on the benchmark charts. While Intel's new hybrid design is a game-changer, it also has a few early performance teething pains in Windows 10.

You can also opt for DDR4 models, which is good given that DDR5 is hardly available and selling for scalper pricing. That means you'll have to buy a pricey Z690 motherboard, but at least you get cutting-edge connectivity as part of your purchase - Intel baked in leading-edge exclusive options like the DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 interfaces that outstrip AMD's venerable AM4 platform. However, Alder Lake does have an Achilles heel: Intel launched the chips without the B- and H-series motherboards that tend to be the affordable favorites for mainstream gamers. As a result, Intel upsets AMD's highest-end mainstream chips, particularly in price-to-performance metrics. That's because Intel's Alder Lake chips are surprisingly powerful, already earning key upsets against higher-priced Ryzen chips on our list of Best CPUs for gaming and CPU Benchmark hierarchy.Īs seen in our previous Intel Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X and Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and 5800X faceoffs, Intel's hybrid x86 Alder Lake design represents the company's most disruptive architectural shift in a decade. Intel's pricing places the 12700K against mid-range Ryzen 5000 models, but today we're putting the $408 Core i7-12700K up against the decidedly more expensive $549 Ryzen 9 5900X as well as the ~$390 Ryzen 7 5800X. The Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5800X battle is yet another example of Intel's new bare-knuckle approach to pricing with its Alder Lake processors.

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