AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Ryzen 7 7745HX vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Ryzen 7 7745HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7745HX. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7745HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7745HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7745HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12850HX.

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 7745HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.