intel core i9 12900hk vs amd ryzen 9 5900h
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5900H (Laptop) 8-cores against Intel Core i9 12900HK (Laptop) 14-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 AMD Ryzen 9 5900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900HK
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
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
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | January 7 2021 | January 4 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Cezanne U | Alder Lake-H |
| Socket | FP6 | FCBGA1744 |
| Integrated GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Cores | 8 | 14 |
| Threads | 16 | 20 |
| Base Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 5 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 24 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | Yes |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 W | 45 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | |
| Memory Size | GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000) | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible |
| GPU Base Clock | MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.45 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 768 |
| TMUs | 32 | 48 |
| ROPs | 8 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 96 | |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900H | Intel Core i9 12900HK | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 9 5900H official page | Intel Core i9 12900HK official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 |