Intel Core i7-12700T vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

8351 points
1% slightly better overall score
8215 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10838 points
0.74% slightly better gaming score
10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7548 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7390 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7300 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
7189 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.34 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
195.47 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9560 points
10324 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2256 points
2258 points
0.09% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28 W
25% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
8 MiB

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

132nd of 1,089
139th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700T vs Ryzen 7 7840U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840U performs better than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840U. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i7-12700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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