Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 7 6800H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700K performs better than the Ryzen 7 6800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800H outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly 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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.