Core i7-12700F vs Ryzen 5 4600H

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 4600H
2020
6 cores / 12 threads, 54 Watt
9.33
Core i7-12700F
2022
12 cores / 20 threads, 65 Watt
19.82
+112%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by a whopping 112% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking760259
Place by popularity54not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data61.44
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Architecture codenameRenoir-H (Zen 2)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$386
Current price$909 $280 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1220
Base clock speed3 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache11 MB (shared)25 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size156 mm2215 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F 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
SocketFP6FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)54 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, 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, SMEIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/s76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F.

PCIe version3.05.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

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.

Ryzen 5 4600H 9.33
i7-12700F 19.82
+112%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 112% based on our aggregate 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 14438
i7-12700F 30657
+112%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 112% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 4600H 1357
i7-12700F 2370
+74.6%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 75% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 4600H 5048
i7-12700F 11580
+129%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 129% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 5365
i7-12700F 9146
+70.5%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 70% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 32756
i7-12700F 56067
+71.2%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 71% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 16
i7-12700F 34
+106%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 106% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 1425
i7-12700F 2610
+83.2%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 83% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 176
i7-12700F 271
+54%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 54% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 2.04
i7-12700F 3.28
+60.8%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 61% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 5
+51.5%
i7-12700F 3.3

Ryzen 5 4600H outperforms Core i7-12700F by 52% 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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 4380
i7-12700F 8695
+98.5%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 99% in WinRAR 4.0.

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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 83
i7-12700F 119
+43%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 43% in x264 encoding pass 2.

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%

Ryzen 5 4600H 197
i7-12700F 297
+50.5%

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 5 4600H by 51% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.33 19.82
Recency 6 January 2020 4 January 2022
Physical cores 6 12
Threads 12 20
Power consumption (TDP) 54 Watt 65 Watt

The Core i7-12700F is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 5 4600H in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 5 4600H is a notebook processor while Core i7-12700F is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 4600H and Core i7-12700F, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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