AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 8 core CPU vs Intel 8 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

6328 points

6% slightly better overall score

5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7752 points

8351 points

7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5895 points

12% slightly better multitasking score

5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5789 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

5059 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

169.56 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz

37% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

96% significantly lower TDP

55 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB

14% slightly more L2 cache

7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

234th of 1,089

255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Core i5-12450HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme beats the Core i5-12450HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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 Z1 Extreme has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.