Intel Core i7 12700H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ 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
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6800U​ and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8192 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2409 vs 1936 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
16414

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 1009.1 MB/sec 827.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 87.2 Klines/sec 65.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 296.1 pages/sec 185.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 326.6 Mpixels/sec 249.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 237.7 pages/sec 194 pages/sec
Background blur 46.7 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Photo processing 98.3 images/sec 72.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
26489
Integer math 93.1 GOps/sec 79.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 67.1 GOps/sec 42.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 98M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.8M Strings/sec 26.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.1 GBytes/sec 15.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 309.2 MBytes/sec 245.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1571 Frames/sec 1001 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.4B Matrices/sec 15.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

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 i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 680M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 27x
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) 15-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 2000 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 12700H official page AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ 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 6800U​ or Intel Core i7 12700H?
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