Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen 9 8945HX comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HX performs better than the Core i7-12700. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX outputs less heat than Core i7-12700 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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