Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Core i7-12800H vs Ryzen 7 6800U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 6800U beats the Core i7-12800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 6800U. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 6800U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800U 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. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-12800H also has significantly 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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.