Intel Core i7-12700T vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i7-12700T vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8945HX is faster than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700T that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12700T. The Ryzen 9 8945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.