AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i9 12900HK

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 12900HK with 14 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (35W vs 35W)

Intel Core i9 12900HK 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5200 vs LPDDR4-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1484

Intel Core i9 12900HK +29%

1917

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

12809

Intel Core i9 12900HK +42%

18259

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1993

Intel Core i9 12900HK +18%

2361

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

9310

Intel Core i9 12900HK +30%

12172

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

216

Intel Core i9 12900HK +11%

240

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1511

Intel Core i9 12900HK +18%

1793

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

8303

Intel Core i9 12900HK +60%

13317

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

3183

Intel Core i9 12900HK +15%

3676

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

22772

Intel Core i9 12900HK +22%

27949

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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Intel Core i9 12900HK

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900HK

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

Radeon RX Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

35-54 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

Multiplier

25x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

24 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

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

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.27 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2100 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

512

Shader Units

768

32

Texture Units

48

8

Raster Operation Units

24

-

Execution Units

96

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900HK

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

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