AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 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

10042 points
12% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12109 points
12% slightly better gaming score
10736 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9318 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9090 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.2 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
14 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

86th of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen PRO 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 April
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12850HX is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G thanks to a 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 i7-12850HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G. The Core i7-12850HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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