Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 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
13% slightly better overall score
10155 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points
22% slightly better gaming score
10880 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
9947 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
9902 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9570 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
290.59 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
13326 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points
2592 points
1% 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
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W
28 W
578% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089
85th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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.

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.

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