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Intel Core i7 12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Intel Core i7 12700H
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with 6-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 7530U and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.8 TFLOPS
  • 22% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2353 vs 1934 points
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
Ryzen 5 7530U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12700H +132%
1055
Ryzen 5 7530U
455
Cinebench Scores (#142nd place)
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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 12700H +22%
2353
Ryzen 5 7530U
1934
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H +63%
11165
Ryzen 5 7530U
6856
File compression 907 MB/sec 595.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 55.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 106.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 208.1 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700H +17%
3482
Ryzen 5 7530U
2979
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H +67%
24970
Ryzen 5 7530U
14949
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 55.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 30.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 179.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 647 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 2030 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H +84%
197.87
Ryzen 5 7530U
107.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 457.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 996.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 7.17 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“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Geekbench 7 CPU1884 / 8871
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Cinebench 2026460 / 1351
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
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AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

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 i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H -
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 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 6
Total Threads 20 12
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 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 768 448
TMUs 48 28
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H +22%
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7530U
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

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 12700H official page AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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