Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

5938 points
10700 points
80% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
10758 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
10731 points
105% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
10842 points
114% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
458.15 points
248% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
32
166% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.3 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
Identical
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
1024 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

255th of 1,089
75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i5-12450HX also has significantly 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 i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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