Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H AMD Ryzen 5000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  -- AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 3.70 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.70 GHz 4.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.40 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  96
• Shader
  768
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  13
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600X and Intel Core i7-12700H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700H and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and Intel Core i7-12700H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  11.50 MB 3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Vermeer (Zen 3)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  BGA 1744 AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2020
• Part Number
  -- 100-000000065