Intel Core i7-12800HX vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6916 points
10155 points
46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
10880 points
25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
9947 points
56% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
9902 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9505 points
9570 points
0.68% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
290.59 points
12% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
Identical
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
28 W
96% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,089
85th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12800HX vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Both the Core i7-12800HX and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 have the same clock speed. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

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.

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