Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i7-12800H vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800H beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

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.