Intel Core i7 12650HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 12650HX with 14-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7840HS and 12650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 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
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 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)
Cinebench Scores (#182nd place)

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)
12085
File compression - 1120 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 102.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 217.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 350 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 251.8 pages/sec
Background blur - 59.4 images/sec
Photo processing - 87.6 images/sec
Ray tracing - 22.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 753 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28292
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 97.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.6 GOps/sec 59 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 87M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 40.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 20.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 267.8 MBytes/sec 340.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1129 Frames/sec 1362 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 25.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 87 & 4310 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
218.59

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 16.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 183.7 PPW 223.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.3 PPW 523.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.04 PPW 4.05 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 7840HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Hari)Cinebench 2024104 / 880
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-31 (Safi ullah)Cinebench 2024102 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-10 (Johns)Cinebench 2024105 / 929
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (KaniastyGucio)Cinebench 2024100 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-09 (Anand)Cinebench 202472 / 719

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 10, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number i7-12650HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX - AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
Intel CPU rating (#139th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.1 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 38x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 25 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (178th and 93rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2700 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
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7840HS:
    - DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
    - ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.

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