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Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD A12-9800

Last updated: 2026-07-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Rank 2 - 37 %

AMD A12-9800

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700H

Rank 2 - 14 %

AMD A12-9800

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,806 pts

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

655 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

15,453 pts

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,979 pts

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

694 cb

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

254 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

1,607

4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

607

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

7,170 cb

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

762 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

14C / 20T · 3.80 GHz

12,103

4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz

1,827

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,146

AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)

1,143

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	AMD A (112)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000H (23)	AMD A12-9800 (1)
Architecture	Alder Lake H	Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Technology	10 nm	28 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1744	AM4 (PGA 1331)
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
CPU Cores / Threads	14 / 20	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.30 - 4.70 GHz	4x Excavator 3.80 - 4.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 1.70 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	11.50 MB	2.00 MB
L3-Cache	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.40 GHz	1.11 GHz
CUs / Shader	96 / 768	8 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4	2
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	2 GB
Technology	10 nm	28 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
Memory	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
TDP	45 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	115 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	90 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700H	AMD A12-9800
Chip design	Monolithic	Unknown
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2017
Release price	457 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700H is 4.2 stars (188 ratings), while AMD A12-9800 has received 4.2 stars (14 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700H
14C / 20T · 2.30 - 4.70 GHz

★★★★★

AMD A12-9800
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★