Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 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

7176 points
0.57% slightly better overall score
7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9511 points
5% slightly better gaming score
9019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6485 points
6520 points
0.54% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6334 points
6356 points
0.35% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

154.80 points
172.91 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.30 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
108% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

180th of 1,089
183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12650H vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12650H is faster than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H.

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 i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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