Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Core i7-12650H vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650H beats the Ryzen 5 7600X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12650H has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i7-12650H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X3D CPU because of its 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 7600X3D has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. The Ryzen 5 7600X3D also has significantly 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 i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.