Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD 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
17% slightly better overall score
6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
18% slightly better gaming score
7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points
10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6531 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
169.56 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19330 points
29% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
14960 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

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
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

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
234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H.

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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