Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

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

8046 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points

10893 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points

7125 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points

6898 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points

9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6614 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

199.23 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19330 points

51% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

12735 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.80 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

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 5 7600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600 beats the Core i7-12700H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700H 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 7600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H.

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