Intel Core i9 12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4300U with 4 cores 2.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900HX 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR4-4266 vs DDR5-4800)

Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Lower TDP (10W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +106%

1921

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

930

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +567%

23222

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

3481

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +87%

2519

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

1345

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +318%

14447

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

3452

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900HX +403%

307

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

61

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +89%

1896

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

998

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +458%

16154

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

2892

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +67%

3874

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

2316

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +362%

34632

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

7495

Intel Core i9 12900HX

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AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

General Parameters

May 2022

Release Date

Jan 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i9-12900HX

Processor Number

-

BGA-1964

Socket

FP6

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 5

Package

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

BGA-1964

Socket

FP6

45-55 W

Power Consumption

10-25 W

157 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

105 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

4

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

1.7 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

3.6 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

4

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23x

Multiplier

27x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

32 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

128 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

68.27 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1550 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1400 MHz

256

Shader Units

320

16

Texture Units

20

8

Raster Operation Units

7

32

Execution Units

-

45 W

Power Consumption

12 W

0.74 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900HX

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4300U

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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