AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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

8583 points
1% slightly better overall score
8472 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11637 points
7% slightly better gaming score
10803 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7604 points
7800 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7365 points
7717 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.44 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
174.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.70 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
11.5 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

121st of 1,089
126th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 7600X vs Core i7-12650HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X beats the Core i7-12650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 7600X 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 i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.

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 Ryzen 5 7600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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