intel core i9 12900hk vs amd ryzen 9 6900hx

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (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

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 6900HX and Intel Core i9 12900HK
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900HK
  • Newer released 2022 years later
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 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)
18432
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
29225
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
13659

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 6900hx and core i9 12900hk

General

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Vendor AMD Intel
Released January 4 2022 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Rembrandt H Alder Lake-H
Socket FP7 FCBGA1744
Integrated GPU AMD Radeon 680M Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Cores 8 14
Threads 16 20
Base Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.5 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 16 MB (shared) 24 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Fabrication process 6 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 W 45 W
Max. temperature 95°C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Memory types DDR5-4800 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 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 680M Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 2000 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock MHz 1.45 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX Intel Core i9 12900HK
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page Intel Core i9 12900HK official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 28

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12900HK or AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX?