Intel Core i7 12650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 12650HX with 14-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 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 7735HS and 12650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2500 vs 2123 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
  • More powerful Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 1% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.75 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

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)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression - 1023.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 70.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 213.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 301.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 212.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 43.7 images/sec
Photo processing - 84.2 images/sec
Ray tracing - 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 519 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 82.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.6 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 29.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 17.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 267.8 MBytes/sec 281 MBytes/sec
Physics 1129 Frames/sec 1018 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 19.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 87 & 4429 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
177.98

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 13.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 183.7 PPW 184.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.3 PPW 411 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.04 PPW 3.3 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 12650HX
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (bobschieffer)Geekbench 6 CPU2057 / 8148
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 2026452 / 2782
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 202489 / 691
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Vijay)Cinebench 202482 / 583
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (MaidElle)Cinebench 202489 / 685

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 10, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i7-12650HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX -
Intel CPU rating (#139th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#102nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.75 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 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 Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 183rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
3.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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5 (45.5%)
6 (54.5%)
Total votes: 11

Comments

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