AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i7-12700

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i7-12700 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 5800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.