Intel Core i5-12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Core i5-12450H vs Ryzen 5 7640U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i5-12450H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7640U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450H. The Ryzen 5 7640U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.