AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i9 12900H

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We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 12900H 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 5980HX 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (35W vs 35W)

Intel Core i9 12900H 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

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

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/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 5980HX

1627

Intel Core i9 12900H +17%

1907

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

11963

Intel Core i9 12900H +38%

16522

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

2047

Intel Core i9 12900H +17%

2397

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

8439

Intel Core i9 12900H +41%

11973

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

1554

Intel Core i9 12900H +18%

1839

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

8431

Intel Core i9 12900H +50%

12692

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

3370

Intel Core i9 12900H +13%

3811

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

23374

Intel Core i9 12900H +20%

28264

AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX

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Intel Core i9 12900H

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2022

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Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900H

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

Radeon RX Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

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

4.8 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

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

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

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

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 5980HX

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900H

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

12

PCIe Lanes

28

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