Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

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Intel Core i9 12900H

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900H with 14 cores 2.5GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 8540U with 6 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900H 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger L3 cache size (24MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 5200)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.5GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (30W vs 45W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900H +6%

1906

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

1789

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900H +58%

16503

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

10405

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900H

2397

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U +2%

2445

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900H +30%

11973

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

9182

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900H +83%

227

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

124

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900H +1%

3811

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

3759

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900H +54%

28264

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

18276

Intel Core i9 12900H

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AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Dec 2023

Intel

Manufacturer

Amd

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Hawk Point)

i9-12900H

Processor Number

-

BGA-1744

Socket

FP7

Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 740M

-

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Package

-

Transistor Count

20.9 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

35-45 W

Power Consumption

15-30 W

115 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

137 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

12

Performance Core Threads

4

2.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

4

8

Efficiency Core Threads

8

1.8 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

3 GHz

3.8 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.7 GHz

14

Total Core Count

6

20

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

25x

Multiplier

32x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

24 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

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

Memory Types

DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500

64 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

800 MHz

1450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

768

Shader Units

256

48

Texture Units

16

24

Raster Operation Units

8

96

Execution Units

4

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.69 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.43 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900H

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

4.0

PCIe Version

4.0

28

PCIe Lanes

14

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