AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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
2% slightly better overall score
7962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9987 points
1% slightly better gaming score
9881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7532 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7422 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7360 points
0.97% slightly better heavy workload score
7289 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.75 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 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
9 MiB
12% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

149th of 1,105
157th of 1,105

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

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Core i5-12600HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 8845HS is faster than the Core i5-12600HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 8845HS. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12600HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 8845HS. The Core i5-12600HX 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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