AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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
8472 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9987 points
10803 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7532 points
7800 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7360 points
7717 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

207.75 points
19% slightly higher Blender score
174.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 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
11.5 MiB
43% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

144th of 1,089
126th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7
12th Generation Core i7

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 i7-12650HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650HX performs better than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12650HX 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 Core i7-12650HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. The Core i7-12650HX 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 8845HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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