Intel Core i5-12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Core i5-12450H vs Ryzen 5 8640HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 8640HS performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8640HS 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. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Ryzen 5 8640HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.