Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

11621 points

0.70% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points

29% slightly better gaming score

10251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points

12118 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points

12323 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points

12988 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points

463.95 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22565 points

32782 points

45% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points

16655 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points

2764 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

56% significantly higher clock speed

2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.4 GHz

8% 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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

1024 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

192 MiB

668% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089

56th 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 July

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 7945HX3D specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700K that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.

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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.