AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i9 12900HK

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

Intel Core i9 12900HK

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900H with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i9 12900HK 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 9 5900H 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.3GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i9 12900HK 's Advantages

Released 9 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4266)

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

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1466

Intel Core i9 12900HK +31%

1934

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

12815

Intel Core i9 12900HK +42%

18257

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

2034

Intel Core i9 12900HK +16%

2361

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

7376

Intel Core i9 12900HK +65%

12172

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

1528

Intel Core i9 12900HK +17%

1793

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

8790

Intel Core i9 12900HK +51%

13317

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

3308

Intel Core i9 12900HK +11%

3676

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

20753

Intel Core i9 12900HK +34%

27949

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H

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Intel Core i9 12900HK

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900HK

FP6

Socket

BGA-1744

Radeon RX Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

45 W

Power Consumption

35-45 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

115 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.5 GHz

4.6 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

8

Total Core Count

14

16

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33x

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

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

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

64 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

68.27 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1750 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

512

Shader Units

768

32

Texture Units

48

8

Raster Operation Units

24

-

Execution Units

96

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

1.69 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900HK

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

28

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