Ryzen 7 7840HS vs i7-12700F

Aggregate performance score

Core i7-12700F
2022
12 cores / 20 threads, 65 Watt
19.33
+6.2%
Ryzen 7 7840HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
18.20

Core i7-12700F outperforms Ryzen 7 7840HS by a small 6% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking294328
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.38no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency28.1449.21
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Phoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$386no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads2016
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache25 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die size215 mm2178 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS 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
SocketFCLGA1700FP8
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2Ryzen AI, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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.

i7-12700F 19.33
+6.2%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 18.20

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.

i7-12700F 30697
+6.2%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 28908

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.

i7-12700F 2396
+1.2%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2367

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.

i7-12700F 11774
+7%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 11005

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.

i7-12700F 9146
+19.7%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7642

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.

i7-12700F 56067
+17%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 47933

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.

i7-12700F 15823
+1%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 15663

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.

i7-12700F 2.95
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2.64
+11.7%

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.

i7-12700F 34
+11.7%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 30

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

i7-12700F 2610
+1.4%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 2573

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.

i7-12700F 271
Ryzen 7 7840HS 279
+2.8%

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.

i7-12700F 3.28
Ryzen 7 7840HS 3.31
+0.9%

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.

i7-12700F 3.3
Ryzen 7 7840HS 14.8
+348%

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.  

i7-12700F 119
Ryzen 7 7840HS 147
+23.7%

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.  

i7-12700F 297
+2.3%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 290

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.

i7-12700F 8695
+23.1%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 7064

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i7-12700F 10126
Ryzen 7 7840HS 11874
+17.3%

Blender(-)

i7-12700F 212
+8.2%
Ryzen 7 7840HS 196

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i7-12700F 1590
Ryzen 7 7840HS 1964
+23.5%

7-Zip Single

i7-12700F 6145
Ryzen 7 7840HS 6618
+7.7%

7-Zip

i7-12700F 61218
Ryzen 7 7840HS 70330
+14.9%

WebXPRT 3

i7-12700F 281
Ryzen 7 7840HS 321
+14.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.33 18.20
Physical cores 12 8
Threads 20 16
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

i7-12700F has a 6.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 25% more threads.

Ryzen 7 7840HS, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core i7-12700F and Ryzen 7 7840HS.

Note that Core i7-12700F is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 7840HS is a notebook one.


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