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You don't, at least not in that sense. Make an informed decision once performance figures drop with whatever one has the upper advantage assuming it has the same level of IO you require.
If I remember correctly voltage controllers only really go up to 8 phases. That means there are no true 12 phase VRMs it would be a doubled 6 phase. There are various as of "doubling" the best being with doubler ICs which split the PWM signal from the controller into two signals. You can also have twice the MOSFETs for each phase and claim a higher phase count that way.
Pretty close! In gaming there is a 40w difference.
Most interesting link so far today but could be a fake. No context as to at what speed but ....
Taken from videocardz
The CPU is most likely overclocked, but we can’t be sure since the validation page is not accessible.
Not only does Ryzen 7 1700X take the lead over Intel Core i7 7700K, but also over Broadwell-E based processors. Of course, CPU-Z benchmark should be taken with a grain of salt, there are far better tools to measure raw performance, yet still, this result is quite good, considering that we are not even looking at the most powerful processor in Ryzen lineup.
