AMD Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition vs Core i7-12800H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800H beats the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 6800HS Creator Edition has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-12800H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 6800HS Creator Edition has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.