AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Core i7-12650H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12650H is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 9 6900HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX.

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 9 6900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.