Intel Core i7-1270P vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 6 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

5276 points
5521 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7506 points
8044 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4632 points
4773 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4500 points
4617 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.33 points
159.49 points
38% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.55 GHz
61% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
132% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

313th of 1,089
291st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-1270P vs Ryzen 5 8500G benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1270P performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8500G has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1270P. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1270P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 8500G CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Core i7-1270P also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-1270P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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