Intel Core i7-12650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 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

8472 points
0.22% slightly better overall score
8453 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10803 points
4% slightly better gaming score
10343 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7800 points
7801 points
0.01% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7717 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
7601 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

174.18 points
185.57 points
6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.30 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
28 W
96% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

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

126th of 1,089
127th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

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
DDR5

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 i7-12650HX vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12650HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outputs less heat than Core i7-12650HX thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. The Core i7-12650HX 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 i7-12650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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