Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5938 points
6163 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
5% slightly better gaming score
7894 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
5606 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
5474 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
148.55 points
12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.70 GHz
12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
15 W
266% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

255th of 1,089
242nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 7 6800U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 6800U beats the Core i5-12450HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 6800U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800U outputs less heat than Core i5-12450HX 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 Core i5-12450HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 6800U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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