Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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
8583 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
11637 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
7604 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
7365 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6996 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
208.44 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19330 points
24% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15510 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
4.70 GHz
104% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
133% significantly lower TDP
105 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
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089
121st 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
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

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 7600X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X 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 7600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X 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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