Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

11540 points

64% significantly better overall score

7025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points

55% significantly better gaming score

8549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points

68% significantly better multitasking score

6518 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points

69% significantly better heavy workload score

6374 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points

47% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6835 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points

64% significantly higher Blender score

184.59 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22565 points

49% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

15100 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13491 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9429 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2487 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1960 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points

46% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9459 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1979 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

3.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W

45 W

322% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

87% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.