Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

7424 points
25% slightly better overall score
5931 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
15% slightly better gaming score
7969 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
31% slightly better multitasking score
5267 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
5102 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points
32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5451 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
37% slightly higher Blender score
141.88 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

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

169th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5 Desktop

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
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 5 5500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Ryzen 5 5500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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