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Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
Intel Core i5 12450H
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7730U and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 2027 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12450H
vs
Ryzen 7 7730U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12450H +11%
2246
Ryzen 7 7730U
2027
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12450H +12%
3271
Ryzen 7 7730U
2916
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450H
15893
Ryzen 7 7730U +7%
16974
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 2990 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12450H
115.78
Ryzen 7 7730U +13%
131.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 8.74 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12450H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> dmytrokobzarGeekbench 6 CPU2342 / 9865
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Burnt_T0ast)Geekbench 6 CPU2342 / 8962
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (atlas)Geekbench 6 CPU2181 / 7757
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Raj)Cinebench 202491 / 588
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-30 (black lee)Cinebench 202491 / 601
Add View all (5)
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-12450H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1360P
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12450H
0.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7730U +122%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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