AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650HX beats the Ryzen 9 7940HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS 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 9 7940HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 7940HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 7940HS 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS. 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 9 7940HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.