Intel Core i7 12650H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7730U 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 7730U and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 2027 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later

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)
2293
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10434
File compression 786 MB/sec 781.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 163.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 266.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 217.6 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 35.8 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 64.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 17.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1022 & 1141 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3474
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21281
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 68.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 36.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 42M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 213 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 701 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 13.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 4012 & 2990 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
158.32
131.16

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 40.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 565.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 1131.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 8.74 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
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7730U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-13 (johnson nick)Geekbench 6 CPU1848 / 6099

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i7-12650H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i7 1360P
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#131st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 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 20x
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

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.4 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7730U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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