Intel Core i7-12800HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7700

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6916 points
10739 points
55% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
12739 points
46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
10048 points
57% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
9834 points
56% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i7-12800HX and the Ryzen 7 7700? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9505 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
8548 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
266.15 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22456 points
19% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
18760 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.80 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
18% slightly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
32 MiB
28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,089
74th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-12800HX vs Ryzen 7 7700 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7700 is faster than the Core i7-12800HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7700 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7700 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. The Ryzen 7 7700 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons