intel core i9 12900h vs amd ryzen 9 5980hx
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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 12900H (Laptop) 14-cores against AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX (Laptop) 8-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
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | January 4 2022 | January 12 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake-H | Cezanne H |
| Socket | FCBGA1744 | FP6 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
Performance
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Cores | 14 | 8 |
| Threads | 20 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 2.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 5 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | 4 MB |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB (shared) | 16 MB |
Power
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Fabrication process | Intel 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 W | 45 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | °C |
Memory support
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1.45 MHz | MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 512 |
| TMUs | 48 | 32 |
| ROPs | 24 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 96 | |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| Intel Core i9 12900H | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX | |
| Official site | Intel Core i9 12900H official page | AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 |