AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i7-12700H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800XT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 3800XT has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.