AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Ryzen 5 4500 vs Core i7-12800H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 4500 performs better than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 4500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4500. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 4500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 4500 thanks to a significantly 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 i7-12800H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4500. The Core i7-12800H 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 Ryzen 5 4500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.