Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

5807 points
31% slightly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
11% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
43% significantly better multitasking score
3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
46% significantly better heavy workload score
3630 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
98% significantly higher Blender score
86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 1,089
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12800H vs Ryzen 5 7430U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7430U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. Also, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i7-12800H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12800H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7430U. The Core i7-12800H 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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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