Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 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
10700 points
44% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
10758 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
10731 points
55% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
10842 points
58% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
458.15 points
135% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
32
60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.9 GHz
26% slightly 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
22% slightly lower TDP
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
9% slightly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 April

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 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU because of its slightly 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.

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