AMD Ryzen 7 4800U vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Ryzen 7 4800U vs Core i7-12700K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700K performs better than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 4800U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 4800U. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 4800U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 4800U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 4800U. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 4800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 4800U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.