Intel Core i5-12450H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5248 points
9257 points
76% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7843 points
11296 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4484 points
8584 points
91% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4327 points
8392 points
93% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5258 points
7691 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.50 points
212.59 points
87% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
4.00 GHz
100% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.2 GHz
18% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
8 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

318th of 1,089
104th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12450H vs Ryzen 9 8945HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8945HS has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Ryzen 9 8945HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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