AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop 8 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

7430 points
0.08% slightly better overall score
7424 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8722 points
9222 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7004 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
6907 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6877 points
0.84% slightly better heavy workload score
6820 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6694 points
7238 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

196.94 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
194.62 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13788 points
19330 points
40% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1120 KiB
118% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

168th of 1,089
169th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 5000 G-Series Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 April
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5700G vs Core i7-12700H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Ryzen 7 5700G in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700G. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5700G 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 5700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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