amd ryzen 9 5950x vs intel core i9 12950hx

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (Desktop) 16-cores against Intel Core i9 12950HX (Laptop) 16-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and Intel Core i9 12950HX
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12950HX
  • Newer released 2 years later
  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X – 55 vs 105 Watt
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
26164
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
46616
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
18586

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5950x and core i9 12950hx

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 May 10 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake-HX
Socket AM4 FCBGA1964
Integrated GPU - Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Cores 16 16
Threads 32 24
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 30 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Fabrication process 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 55 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Integrated Graphics - Intel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
GPU Base Clock MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.55 MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 16
ROPs 8
Execution Units 32
TGP W 45 W
iGPU FLOPS
TFLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Intel Core i9 12950HX
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5950X official page Intel Core i9 12950HX official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12950HX or AMD Ryzen 9 5950X?