Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 7 9700X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9700X 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9700X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.