AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS vs Intel Core i5 12600H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS, vs Intel Core i5 12600H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS and Intel Core i5 12600H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
1737
Intel Core i5 12600H
1768
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
13888
Intel Core i5 12600H
13730
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
99
Intel Core i5 12600H
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
677
Intel Core i5 12600H
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
3621
Intel Core i5 12600H
3517
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
24679
Intel Core i5 12600H
21474
Integer Math90.5 GOps/s72.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math52.3 GOps/s52.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search78 M primes/s72 M primes/s
Random String Sort34.7 M strings/s28.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption17.5 GB/s15 GB/s
Data Compression288.2 MB/s252.2 MB/s
Physics1132 frames/s1264 frames/s
Extended Instructions202 M matrices/s148 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
2551
Intel Core i5 12600H
2343
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
9653
Intel Core i5 12600H
10489
File Compression714.9 MB/s895.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation87.9 KLines/s75.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser182.5 pages/s259.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering280.1 MP/sec309.9 MP/sec
Text Processing271.4 pages/s229.9 pages/s
Background Blur44.8 frames/s46.9 frames/s
Photo Processing70.1 frames/s93.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing19.2 MP/sec16.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS
167.7
Intel Core i5 12600H
183.85

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 321.8 PPW 233.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 822.6 PPW 477.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 22.6 PPW n/a
Blender / W 5.59 PPW 4.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced December, 6, 2023 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12600H
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x27x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 20-30 W 35-45 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 95 W
Socket FP8 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 28

Results

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Survey

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Total Votes: 5

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