AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i7-12700H

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Combined performance score

i7-12700H
17.11
+5.7%

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking324361
Place by popularity53not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAlder Lake-SAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-H (2022)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years old)January 2022 (2 years old)

Technical specs

Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm6 nm
Die size217 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1744FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligibleAMD Radeon 680M
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1.4 GHzno data
Execution Units96no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2820

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i7-12700H 17.11
+5.7%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 16.19

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-12700H 26285
+5.7%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 24864

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 6% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-12700H 8876
+35.6%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 6546

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 36% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-12700H 54647
+38.3%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 39524

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 38% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-12700H 14044
+5.8%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 13274

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 6% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-12700H 3.3
+14.2%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 3.77

Ryzen 9 6900HX outperforms Core i7-12700H by 14% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-12700H 28
+15.6%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 24

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 16% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-12700H 2605
+16.8%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 2231

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 17% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-12700H 256
+2.8%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 249

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 3% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-12700H 3.06
+4.8%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 2.92

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 5% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-12700H 14.8
+24.4%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 11.9

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 24% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-12700H 8231
+19.7%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 6875

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 20% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-12700H 298
+16.4%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 256

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 16% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-12700H 146
+27.3%
Ryzen 9 6900HX 114

Core i7-12700H outperforms Ryzen 9 6900HX by 27% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.11 16.19
Physical cores 14 8
Threads 20 16

We couldn't decide between Core i7-12700H and Ryzen 9 6900HX. The differences in performance seem too small.


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