amd ryzen 9 6980hs vs intel core i9 12900k

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS (Laptop) 8-cores against Intel Core i9 12900K (Desktop) 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 6980HS and Intel Core i9 12900K
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Consumes up to 64% less energy than the Intel Core i9 12900K – 45 vs 125 Watt
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900K
  • Newer released 2022 years later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Benchmarks

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

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 6980hs and core i9 12900k

General

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Vendor AMD Intel
Released January 4 2022 November 5 2021
Type Laptop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rembrandt H Alder Lake-S
Socket FP7 FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Intel UHD Graphics 770

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Cores 8 16
Threads 16 24
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 5 GHz 5.2 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16 MB (shared) 30 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Fabrication process 6 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 125 W
Max. temperature 95°C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Memory types DDR5-4800 DDR5, DDR4
Memory Size GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 2000 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.55 MHz
Shading Units 768 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS
0.78 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS Intel Core i9 12900K
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS official page Intel Core i9 12900K official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12900K or AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS?