Intel Core i9 12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900HK with 14 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with 4 cores 2.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900HK 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5200 vs DDR4-2400)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (2.5GHz vs 2.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U 's Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 35W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +145%

1957

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

796

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +547%

18523

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

2861

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +130%

2361

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

1025

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +359%

12172

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

2649

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900HK +389%

240

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

49

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +129%

1793

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

781

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +389%

13317

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

2722

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +103%

3676

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

1807

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HK +331%

27949

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

6483

Intel Core i9 12900HK

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Oct 2017

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Raven Ridge

i9-12900HK

Processor Number

-

BGA-1744

Socket

FP5

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 8

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

BGA-1744

Socket

FP5

35-45 W

Power Consumption

15 W

115 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

4

12

Performance Core Threads

8

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.0 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

1.8 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

3.8 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

14

Total Core Count

4

20

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25x

Multiplier

20x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

128 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

24 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

Memory Types

DDR4-2400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

35.76 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1100 MHz

768

Shader Units

512

48

Texture Units

32

24

Raster Operation Units

8

96

Execution Units

8

15 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

1.69 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.13 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900HK

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

4.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

12

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