Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 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

7396 points

7418 points

0.30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9191 points

2% slightly better gaming score

9006 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6880 points

6895 points

0.22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6793 points

0.61% slightly better heavy workload score

6752 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6914 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

207.23 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19330 points

46% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

13184 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

3.40 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

118% significantly more L1 cache

512 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

182nd of 1,118

181st of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 7 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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 7 5700X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5700X is faster than the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700X. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5700X has a significantly higher clock speed than 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 7 5700X 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.