Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i7-12650H vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650H performs better than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.