Intel Core i7-12700 vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD 12 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

10390 points

2% slightly better overall score

10155 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points

15% slightly better gaming score

10880 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points

9947 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points

9902 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points

9570 points

0.58% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points

290.59 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10978 points

13326 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2375 points

2592 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

64% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th of 1,089

85th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs better than the Core i7-12700. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

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.