Intel Core i7-12700KF 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

11376 points

11621 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13117 points

27% slightly better gaming score

10251 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10800 points

12118 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10658 points

12323 points

15% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10063 points

12988 points

29% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.09 points

463.95 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13490 points

16655 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points

2764 points

9% 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

62nd 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

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 9 7945HX3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700KF performs better than the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.

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