AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Ryzen 7 8700F vs Core i7-12850HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8700F performs better than the Core i7-12850HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12850HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8700F. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8700F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8700F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 8700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 8700F thanks to a slightly 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 i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8700F. The Core i7-12850HX 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 8700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.