AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i5 12600HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz and Intel Core i5 12600HX with 12 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 8945HX 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 11 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i5 12600HX 's Advantages
Integrated graphics card
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)
Score
General Parameters
Apr 2025
Release Date
May 2022
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
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Instruction Set
x86-64
Dragon Range
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-HX
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Processor Number
i5-12600HX
AMD Socket FL1
Socket
BGA-1744
Radeon 610M
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Generation
-
Package
13.14 billions
Transistor Count
-
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
TSMC
Foundry
-
2x71 mm²
Die Size
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
-
Performance Cores
4
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
8
16
Total Core Count
12
32
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
24.0
Multiplier
25x
64 KB per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
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Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1350 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
45 W
-
Graphics Performance
0.74 TFLOPS
