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Intel Core i7 12650H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Intel Core i7 12650H
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 5700U and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 1605 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 1.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Ryzen 7 5700U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 393
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1943
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H +43%
2293
Ryzen 7 5700U
1605
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +59%
10434
Ryzen 7 5700U
6562
File compression 786 MB/sec 504.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 43.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 138 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 132.7 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 32.1 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 & 1164 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H +37%
3474
Ryzen 7 5700U
2531
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +38%
21281
Ryzen 7 5700U
15369
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 32.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 29M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 23.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 12.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 215.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 612 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 13.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 5261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H +31%
158.32
Ryzen 7 5700U
120.67

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 19.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 262.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 614.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 4.83 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
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i7-12650H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 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 18x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5700U +36%
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 12

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Comments

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