Intel Core i9 12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

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Intel Core i9 12900HX

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX with 16 cores 2.4GHz . 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

Better graphics card performance

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (2.4GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX +2%

1904

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

1864

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX

20977

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +59%

33370

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX

2519

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +6%

2688

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900HX

14447

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +8%

15655

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900HX

280

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX +105%

575

Intel Core i9 12900HX

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AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX

General Parameters

May 2022

Release Date

Jan 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Dragon Range)

i9-12900HX

Processor Number

-

BGA-1964

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

UHD Graphics (32EU)

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

Package

-

Transistor Count

13.14 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

45-55 W

Power Consumption

55 W

157 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

16

Performance Core Threads

32

2.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.2 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

16

24

Total Thread Count

32

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

23x

Multiplier

24

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

64 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

-

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

400 MHz

1550 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2200 MHz

256

Shader Units

128

16

Texture Units

8

Raster Operation Units

4

32

Execution Units

2

45 W

Power Consumption

15 W

0.74 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.563 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900HX

Official Website

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

28

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