AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

8139 points
37% slightly better overall score
5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9987 points
19% slightly better gaming score
8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7532 points
44% significantly better multitasking score
5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7360 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score
5059 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.75 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
22% slightly lower TDP
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

144th of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 December
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5 (FP7r2)
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Core i5-12450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8845HS is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 8845HS has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12450HX CPU because of its 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 Ryzen 7 8845HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. The Ryzen 7 8845HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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