Intel Core i7-12800HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Core i7-12800HX vs Ryzen 9 7940HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7940HS beats the Core i7-12800HX in overall performance. 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 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS.

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