AMD Ryzen 5 3500U vs Intel Core i9 12950HX

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We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with 4 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i9 12950HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Lower TDP (12W vs 45W)

Intel Core i9 12950HX 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2400)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (2.3GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

771

Intel Core i9 12950HX +155%

1972

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2781

Intel Core i9 12950HX +727%

23023

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

920

Intel Core i9 12950HX +176%

2546

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2547

Intel Core i9 12950HX +459%

14260

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

32

Intel Core i9 12950HX +731%

266

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

550

Intel Core i9 12950HX +244%

1893

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

2859

Intel Core i9 12950HX +465%

16170

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

1954

Intel Core i9 12950HX +96%

3832

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

6987

Intel Core i9 12950HX +365%

32506

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

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Intel Core i9 12950HX

General Parameters

Jan 2019

Release Date

May 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Picasso

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12950HX

FP5

Socket

BGA-1964

Radeon Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Package

4.9 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

FP5

Socket

BGA-1964

12-35 W

Power Consumption

45-55 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

157 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21x

Multiplier

23x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

32 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

35.76 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

512

Shader Units

256

32

Texture Units

16

8

Raster Operation Units

8

Execution Units

32

65 W

Power Consumption

45 W

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

1.13 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.74 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12950HX

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

12

PCIe Lanes

20

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