Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 9 6900HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Ryzen 9 6900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 9 6900HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.