Intel Core i5 12600H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i5 12600H with 12 cores 2.7GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX with 16 cores 2.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core i5 12600H Advantages
Better graphics card performance
Higher base frequency (2.7GHz vs 2.5GHz)
Lower TDP (45W vs 75W)
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX Advantages
Released 3 years late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 5200)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Cinebench R23 Single Core
Intel Core i5 12600H
1761
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
+22%
2154
Cinebench R23 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12600H
13634
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
+163%
35887
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 12600H
2280
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
+41%
3228
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12600H
9908
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
+97%
19559
General Parameters
Jan 2022
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Alder Lake-H
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Fire Range)
i5-12600H
Processor Number
9955HX
BGA-1744
Socket
FL1
Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
Package
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
35-45 W
Power Consumption
55-75 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
101 W
100 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
CPU Performance
4
Performance Cores
16
-
Performance Core Threads
32
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
12
Total Core Count
16
16
Total Thread Count
32
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
27x
Multiplier
25
80 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1280 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
18 MB shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
64 GB
Max Memory Size
96 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
76.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
-
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
1400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
640
Shader Units
128
40
Texture Units
8
20
Raster Operation Units
4
80
Execution Units
2
15 W
Power Consumption
15
1.41 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
0.6 TFLOPS
