AMD Ryzen 7 5800U vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core i7-12650H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650H performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U. Also, the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5800U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12650H CPU because of its 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 5800U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5800U.

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