Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HX beats the Core i7-12700H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.