Intel Core i7 12650H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6800H 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
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 1891 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 6 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 437
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3117

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2293
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10434
File compression 786 MB/sec 944.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 68.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 196.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 295.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 194.5 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 46 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 84.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 17.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1022 & 1144 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
22711
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 84 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 47.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 30.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 17.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 289.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 1027 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4012 & 3926 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 215.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 504.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 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
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-03 (Sarfraz)Cinebench 2024434 / 2815
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-01 (Ronak Sarkar)Cinebench 2026437 / 3117
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-03-09 (Lex)Cinebench 202442 / 391
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-01-12 (Edu)Cinebench 202487 / 713

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i7-12650H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i7 12800H
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#111th 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 4.7 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 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.4 TFLOPS
3.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H or Intel Core i7 12650H?
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Bruh December 26, 2022 at 08:55 AM
Which is better for music production: Evo i7 12700H or i7 12650H or Ryzen 7 6800H?
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Stephen July 30, 2023 at 09:57 AM
Ryzen 7 6800H because Intel core i7 12650H overheats๐Ÿ‘
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Andy August 16, 2022 at 09:15 PM
I just ordered a laptop with i7 12650H, will it have heating issues?
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Moe January 11, 2023 at 10:35 PM
I just got a new laptop with i7 12650h. and I noticed a little bit noisy fan because of CPU heating up but in return will give you a great powerful same as PC performance!
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