Intel Core i7-12850HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 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

8926 points

5% slightly better overall score

8453 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10736 points

3% slightly better gaming score

10343 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8383 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

7801 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8262 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

7601 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

218.16 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

185.57 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

3.30 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

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

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB

75% significantly more L2 cache

8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

56% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

112th of 1,089

127th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12850HX vs Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12850HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS outputs less heat than Core i7-12850HX thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS. The Core i7-12850HX also has significantly 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 i7-12850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.