Intel Core i7 12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

We compared two CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H (laptop) with 14-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (desktop) with 12-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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
22.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
52.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5900X and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 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)
1193
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 112th 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)
12701
File compression 907 MB/sec 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 126 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 217.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 362 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 232 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 38.7 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 31.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 441 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
38888
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 139.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 77.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 257M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 51.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 31 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 498.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 1984 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 33.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 27058 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
316.84

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 121 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 370.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 3.02 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 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 12
P-Threads 12 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.8 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 12
Total Threads 20 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 142 W
Socket BGA-1744 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#83rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz -
Shading Units 768 -
TMUs 48 -
ROPs 24 -
Execution Units 96 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700H official page AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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