Ryzen 7 7745HX vs Core i9-12950HX specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7745HX beats the Core i9-12950HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7745HX that has 8 cores. 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 i9-12950HX. 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. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7745HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12950HX.
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.
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