Intel Core i7 12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process β 4 versus 10 nanometers
- More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
- Newer - released 1 year later
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 174th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 907 MB/sec | 962.5 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 83.6 Klines/sec | 101.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270.3 pages/sec | 211.8 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 350.7 Mpixels/sec | 326.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 236.4 pages/sec | 260.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 44.8 images/sec | 53.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 95.7 images/sec | 87.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 18 Mpixels/sec | 22.5 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 87.9 GOps/sec | 102.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 63.4 GOps/sec | 62.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 91M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 32.7M Strings/sec | 42.5M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 17.1 GBytes/sec | 21.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 292.8 MBytes/sec | 360.4 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1476 Frames/sec | 1427 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 17.4B Matrices/sec | 27.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 23.4 PPW | 17.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 248.1 PPW | 215.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 554.9 PPW | 551.5 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 4.4 PPW | 4.18 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i7 12700H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-05 (Mark) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1884 / 8871 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Mark) | Cinebench 2026 | 460 / 1351 |
| π 2026-01-30 -> Yowth | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 541 |
| π 2025-11-27 (Fapvie) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 961 |
| π 2025-06-27 (sizar) | Cinebench 2024 | 100 / 750 |
AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-09 (chrisg) | Cinebench 2024 | 105 / 873 |
| π 2025-08-19 (Phillywilly2000) | Cinebench 2024 | 102 / 906 |
| π 2025-07-14 (GlancingOcean) | Cinebench 2024 | 70 / 677 |
| π 2025-05-13 (antoooooo) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1009 |
| π 2025-03-08 (沧桷) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2614 / 12911 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HSGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 4 (Phoenix) |
| Model number | i7-12700H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Radeon 780M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | - Intel Core i9 13900H |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 |
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#66th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.3 GHz | 4.0 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.7 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.5 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 23x | 40x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Transistors | - | 25 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-45 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 100Β°C |
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 106th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Radeon 780M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1400 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 768 |
| TMUs | 48 | 48 |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 96 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR5-5600 - LPDDR5x-7500 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i7 12700H official page | AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 9 7940HS:
- DDR5 memory is supported only on the FP7r2 socket, while FP7 and FP8 sockets support LPDDR5/x.
- ECC support is available exclusively on the FP7r2 socket.
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