AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

8204 points
8472 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9603 points
10803 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7740 points
7800 points
0.78% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7593 points
7717 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

214.43 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
174.18 points

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

3.80 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

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
1120 KiB
118% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
11.5 MiB
187% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

140th of 1,089
126th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5000 Series
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 July
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800XT vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800XT has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.

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

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