AMD Ryzen 5 6600U vs Intel Core i9 12900H

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We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U with 6 cores 2.9GHz 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 5 6600U 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR5-5200)

Higher base frequency (2.9GHz vs 2.5GHz)

Lower TDP (15W vs 35W)

Intel Core i9 12900H 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1453

Intel Core i9 12900H +31%

1907

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

8923

Intel Core i9 12900H +85%

16522

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1755

Intel Core i9 12900H +36%

2397

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

6878

Intel Core i9 12900H +74%

11973

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

1473

Intel Core i9 12900H +24%

1839

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

7486

Intel Core i9 12900H +69%

12692

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

3190

Intel Core i9 12900H +19%

3811

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

17827

Intel Core i9 12900H +58%

28264

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

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Intel Core i9 12900H

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Rembrandt

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

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Processor Number

i9-12900H

FP7

Socket

BGA-1744

Radeon 660M

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

6 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

FP7

Socket

BGA-1744

15-28 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

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Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

2.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.5 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

6

Total Core Count

14

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

29x

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

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

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Max Memory Size

64 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

384

Shader Units

768

24

Texture Units

48

16

Raster Operation Units

24

6

Execution Units

96

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.46 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900H

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

-

PCIe Lanes

28

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