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Intel Core i7 12650H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Intel Core i7 12650H
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with 8-cores. 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 5800H and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 1957 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Ryzen 7 5800H

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 i7 12650H +17%
2293
Ryzen 7 5800H
1957
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +29%
10434
Ryzen 7 5800H
8100
File compression 786 MB/sec 718.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 64.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 140 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 254.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 201.4 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 58.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 & 870 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H +16%
3474
Ryzen 7 5800H
2988
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +4%
21281
Ryzen 7 5800H
20477
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 43.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 27.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 266.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 823 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 18B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 10544 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H
158.32
Ryzen 7 5800H +5%
165.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 150 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 379.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 3.07 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 i7 12650H
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1932 / 8068
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (P)Cinebench 202484 / 708
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-18 (Chandra Prakash)Cinebench 202485 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Geekbench 6 CPU1898 / 7148
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Cinebench 202480 / 602
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i7-12650H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i7 11800H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#134th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 32x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800H +43%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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