Core i7-12800H vs Ryzen 5 8500G comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800H performs better than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8500G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8500G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 8500G has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8500G.
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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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