AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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

6549 points

24% slightly better overall score

5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

0.57% slightly better gaming score

7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6111 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5988 points

38% slightly better heavy workload score

4327 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6209 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5258 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.59 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

113.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

95% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

218th of 1,089

318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 3800X is faster than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 3800X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450H. The Ryzen 7 3800X also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.