Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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
12102 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points
14% slightly better gaming score
11676 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points
12246 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points
12288 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points
11567 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points
342.81 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22565 points
26876 points
19% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13491 points
13685 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2487 points
2663 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points
0.11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13839 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points
2627 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
Identical
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W
55 W
245% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
764 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
64 MiB
156% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089
49th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 7845HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700K performs better than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7845HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 7845HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 7845HX.

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.

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