Intel Core i5 12600HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 12600HX with 12 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 4900H with 8 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 12600HX 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 2 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 4266)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 8MB)
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (54W vs 55W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+39%
2346
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
1678
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+72%
10523
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
6103
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+32%
1608
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
1210
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+15%
8725
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
7541
Passmark CPU Single Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+37%
3727
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
2703
Passmark CPU Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12600HX
+24%
23777
AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
19102
General Parameters
May 2022
Release Date
Mar 2020
Intel
Manufacturer
AMD
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Alder Lake-HX
Core Architecture
Zen 2
i5-12600HX
Processor Number
-
BGA-1744
Socket
FP6
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Vega 8
Package
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
45-55 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
16
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.3 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.4 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
25x
Multiplier
33x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
-
1280 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
18 MB shared
L3 Cache
8 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, LPDDR4X-4266
128 GB
Max Memory Size
64 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
4
76.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
68.27 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
1350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1750 MHz
256
Shader Units
512
16
Texture Units
32
8
Raster Operation Units
8
32
Execution Units
-
45 W
Power Consumption
15 W
0.74 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
