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Intel Core i7 12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
74 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
Intel Core i7 12700H
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX with 16-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 7945HX and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
  • Has 40 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 23% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2901 vs 2353 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
Ryzen 9 7945HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 41st 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
11165
Ryzen 9 7945HX +60%
17828
File compression 907 MB/sec 1590 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 190.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 320.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 474.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 296.8 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 43 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 677 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
24970
Ryzen 9 7945HX +116%
53917
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 205.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 122.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 280M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 81.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 42.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 699.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 2450 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 51.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 2890 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H
197.87
Ryzen 9 7945HX +139%
472.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 24.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 237.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 718.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 6.3 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 9 7945HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Geekbench 6 CPU2949 / 17981
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Qwerrty574)Cinebench 2024116 / 1901
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-02 (ceratogyrus35)Cinebench 2024114 / 1834
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-18 (Baka)Cinebench 2024112 / 1552
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i7-12700H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - Intel Core i9 13950HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H -
Intel CPU rating (#125th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#24th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 16
P-Threads 12 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.4 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 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (162nd and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H +267%
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 7945HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700H official page AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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