Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 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

4% slightly better overall score

7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points

2% slightly better gaming score

9019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

6520 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

6356 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

172.91 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

3.30 GHz

43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

4.9 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

191% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089

183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

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

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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 PRO 6950H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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.

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.