Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H AMD Ryzen 5000H
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Form Factor
  - Laptops / Desktops
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  6x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  14 8
• CPU Threads
  20 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.7 GHz 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12.1 12
• Execution units
  96 8
• Generation
  13 9
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 2100 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2020
• Shader
  768 512
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Graphics Cores
  - 8

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Core i7-12700H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266
• PCIe
  4.0 x 20 PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W -
• TDP up
  - 90 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 35-54 W
• Default TDP
  - 45+ W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Cezanne (Zen 3)
• 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
  11.5 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  24 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 2021-01-12
• Socket
  BGA 1744 FP6
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Cezanne
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000474
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit