Core i9-12950HX vs Ryzen 7 8700F benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8700F is faster than the Core i9-12950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12950HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i9-12950HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 8700F CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8700F. The Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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