AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 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

7214 points
4% slightly better overall score
6916 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8839 points
1% slightly better gaming score
8678 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6673 points
4% slightly better multitasking score
6372 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6524 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
6299 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7297 points
9505 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.61 points
257.78 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14317 points
22456 points
56% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.40 GHz
70% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
Identical
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
283% significantly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

191st of 1,127
212th of 1,127

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i7-12800HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D beats the Core i7-12800HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X3D thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The data shows that both these CPUs have same sized L2 caches. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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