Notebookcheck Logo

Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Intel Core i7-12700H

► remove from comparison Intel i7-12700H

The Intel Core i7-12700H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficiency cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.3 to 4.7 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.7 - 3.5 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12900H, the 12700H is lower clocked and offers only "Essentials" vPro features.

Performance

The average 12700H in our database wins a very important battle by being ever-so-slightly faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX in multi-thread benchmarks while, perhaps even more importantly, nearly matching multi-thread benchmark scores of the more costly Core i9-12900H to be a great bang for the buck overall.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 101 W, the Legion 5 15IAH7H 82RB is among the fastest laptops built around the 12700H that we know of. It can be nearly 60% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The CPU's highest Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i7-12700H is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

► remove from comparison AMD R5 6600H

The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R5 6600H integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. 

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

In the 6000 series, AMD finally switched to the current RDNA 2 graphics architecture for the iGPU. The 6600H only offers the slower Radeon 660M with 6 of the 12 CUs enabled and 1.9 GHz max. clock speed.

Performance

The average 6600H in our database is in the same league as the R7 5825U, the R7 6800U and also the Core i5-1340P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very decent result, as of late 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a system built around such a chip.

The R5 6600H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-12700HAMD Ryzen 5 6600H
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
CodenameAlder Lake-HRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Clock1700 - 4700 MHz3300 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB384 KB
L2 Cache11.5 MB3 MB
L3 Cache24 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 206 / 12
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm6 nm
max. Temp.100 °C95 °C
SocketBGA1744FP7/FP7r2
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1400 MHz)AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com
Series: Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H « 3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700H
43.1 pt (60%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 6600H
38.2 pt (53%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
101 Points (70%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
846 Points (16%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11202     avg: 15902     median: 16338 (15%)     max: 19330 Points
min: 10226     avg: 10472     median: 10471.5 (10%)     max: 10717 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1660     avg: 1775     median: 1780.5 (76%)     max: 1826 Points
1458 Points (62%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 640     avg: 685     median: 688 (76%)     max: 704 Points
min: 564     avg: 570     median: 569.5 (63%)     max: 575 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4248     avg: 6032     median: 6087 (15%)     max: 7407 Points
min: 3965     avg: 4053     median: 4053 (10%)     max: 4141 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1972     avg: 2544     median: 2605 (16%)     max: 2916 Points
min: 1626     avg: 1683     median: 1683 (11%)     max: 1740 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 255.6     median: 256 (77%)     max: 263 Points
min: 231     avg: 233.5     median: 233.5 (70%)     max: 236 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 23.73     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (36%)     max: 31.46 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.98     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (76%)     max: 3.13 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8835     avg: 8876     median: 8875.5 (54%)     max: 8916 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 52866     avg: 54647     median: 54647 (40%)     max: 56428 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 75147     avg: 83374     median: 83373.5 (58%)     max: 91600 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 14342     avg: 14410     median: 14410 (18%)     max: 14478 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
236.1 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
8231 Points (13%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 41015     avg: 61062     median: 61958.5 (36%)     max: 73067 MIPS
min: 39886     avg: 43861     median: 43861 (25%)     max: 47836 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5108     avg: 5697     median: 5761.5 (69%)     max: 5972 MIPS
min: 5466     avg: 5510     median: 5509.5 (66%)     max: 5553 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
145.8 fps (51%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
297.5 fps (69%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.06     avg: 16.9     median: 16.7 (29%)     max: 21.8 fps
min: 11.5     avg: 12.9     median: 12.9 (23%)     max: 14.2 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.4 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.5 GB/s (43%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.8 GB/s (39%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 291     avg: 395     median: 391.5 (5%)     max: 541 Seconds
min: 508     avg: 520     median: 520 (7%)     max: 532 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 168     avg: 215.5     median: 214 (2%)     max: 286 Seconds
min: 291     avg: 298.5     median: 298.5 (2%)     max: 306 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4441     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.505 sec
min: 0.502     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.532 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11952     avg: 14458     median: 14044 (30%)     max: 17593 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.9 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.7 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
428.6 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38383     avg: 61583     median: 64514 (56%)     max: 72328 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 11068     avg: 21108     median: 21706 (59%)     max: 24999 Points
12022 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 80040     avg: 88205     median: 88358 (72%)     max: 94429 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80080     avg: 89905     median: 90843.5 (74%)     max: 97853 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81700     avg: 87741     median: 86851.5 (73%)     max: 95561 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10336     avg: 18205     median: 18650.5 (47%)     max: 20751 Points
12692 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2523     avg: 25801     median: 27103 (48%)     max: 30931 Points
min: 20214     avg: 20733     median: 20733 (37%)     max: 21252 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5588     avg: 11367     median: 11850.5 (50%)     max: 14415 Points
min: 6569     avg: 6796     median: 6796 (29%)     max: 7023 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2486 Points (67%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
13118 Points (52%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1590     avg: 1747     median: 1755 (74%)     max: 1851 Points
min: 1446     avg: 1460     median: 1460 (62%)     max: 1474 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6833     avg: 11864     median: 12125 (22%)     max: 13745 Points
min: 6403     avg: 7066     median: 7066 (13%)     max: 7729 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1603     avg: 1682     median: 1695 (7%)     max: 1762 Points
1417 Points (6%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6784     avg: 11223     median: 11805 (37%)     max: 12831 Points
6219 Points (20%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7058     avg: 7377     median: 7421 (74%)     max: 7608 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 44386     avg: 47601     median: 46409 (51%)     max: 53199 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 515     avg: 529     median: 526 (1%)     max: 585 ms
min: 637     avg: 654     median: 653.5 (1%)     max: 670 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 80.5     avg: 93.6     median: 93.6 (1%)     max: 106.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 84532     avg: 87574     median: 88214.5 (77%)     max: 90357 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 212     avg: 254.6     median: 258 (74%)     max: 269 Points
209 Points (60%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 253     avg: 296     median: 297.5 (62%)     max: 324 Points
min: 233     avg: 246.5     median: 246.5 (51%)     max: 260 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1492     avg: 1812     median: 1826 (70%)     max: 2017 Points
1399 Points (54%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 57.1     avg: 113.8     median: 100.5 (17%)     max: 187 Watt
78.8 Watt (14%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 63.1     avg: 130.6     median: 133.3 (24%)     max: 211 Watt
90.4 Watt (16%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.09     avg: 16     median: 12.6 (8%)     max: 39.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.93     avg: 17.1     median: 15.2 (17%)     max: 31.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 11.9     avg: 20.8     median: 19.7 (15%)     max: 38.1 Points per Watt
18 Points per Watt (13%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700H → 100% n=24

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 6600H → 78% n=24

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Add one or more devices and compare

In the following list you can select (and also search for) devices that should be added to the comparison. You can select more than one device.

restrict list:

show all (including archived), 2024, 2023
v1.28
log 30. 06:16:28

#0 checking url part for id 14013 +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 14086 +0s ... 0s

#2 redirected to Ajax server, took 1719720987 +0s ... 0s

#3 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:15:21 +0200 +0s ... 0s

#4 composed specs +0.006s ... 0.006s

#5 did output specs +0s ... 0.006s

#6 getting avg benchmarks for device 14013 +0.004s ... 0.011s

#7 got single benchmarks 14013 +0.086s ... 0.096s

#8 getting avg benchmarks for device 14086 +0.004s ... 0.101s

#9 got single benchmarks 14086 +0.004s ... 0.105s

#10 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.105s

#11 min, max, avg, median took s +0.077s ... 0.182s

#12 return log +0.002s ... 0.184s

Please share our article, every link counts!
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Processor Comparison - Head 2 Head
Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)