Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Core i7-12650H vs Ryzen 9 7940HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HS beats the Core i7-12650H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

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.