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日本[Comparison] Intel Core i7-12650H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H – AMD offers a lot more than just CPU power
The Alder Lake vs Zen 3+ debate has been going on for the entire of 2022 and seems to continue into 2023. However, with the upcoming Ryzen 7000 and Intel Raptor Lake mobile chips, which we’re avidly waiting for in the next couple of months, it’s about time we wrap up the discussions.
That’s why today we’re comparing two relatively closely matched CPUs in terms of position in the market, as despite bearing the Core i7 name, the 12650H offers less power than the Core i5-12500H or even the Core i7-12600H. On the other hand, the 6600H is as reliable as ever, with a good old 6-core 12-thread setup. Let’s see how these two stack up against each other.
Today we are comparing the Intel Core i7-12650H against the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H.
You can find more information about both CPUs here: Intel Core i7-12650H / AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Specs table
| Intel Core i7-12650H | AMD Ryzen 5 6600H | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Alder Lake H | Zen 3+ |
| Cores / Threads | 10/16 | 6/12 |
| Clock Speeds – Base/Boost | 1.70 – 4.70GHz | 3.30 – 4.50GHz |
| Cache | 24MB | 19MB |
| Lithography | 10nm | 6nm |
| TDP | 45W | 15-28W |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel UHD Graphics (Alder Lake, 64EU) | AMD Radeon 660M |
CPU benchmarks
The Core i7 shows significant leads in performance, both in 3D and 2D Rendering. The chip scores 17% higher in Cinebench R23, while also being nearly two seconds quicker in Photoshop.
Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
Conclusion
The Core i7 is a clear winner in terms of performance, however, you can’t count out the efficiency and integrated graphics that AMD offers. With the RDNA 2 architecture, there are significant gains in gaming performance, and the Ryzen 5 has shown to be relatively easy to keep cool and running well, so you can get a good laptop with just the Ryzen 5 6600H and the iGPU, while retaining a good level of gaming performance on par with or close to a GTX 1650 (Laptop) and other low-end NVIDIA GPUs from the MX-series.
