Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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

7924 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points

9428 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points

7435 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points

7295 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

86% significantly higher Blender score

104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly 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

Identical

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 200 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

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 7 260 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Ryzen 7 260. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 260 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 7 260 has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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.