intel core i9 12900hk vs amd ryzen 9 5980hx

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i9 12900HK (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

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 Intel Core i9 12900HK and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900HK
  • 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

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
18432
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29225
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i9 12900hk and ryzen 9 5980hx

General

Intel Core i9 12900HK 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 12900HK 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
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Power

Intel Core i9 12900HK 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 12900HK 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 12900HK 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
1.69 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i9 12900HK AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX
Official site Intel Core i9 12900HK official page AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 28

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX or Intel Core i9 12900HK?