Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 9 6900HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12490F performs better than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Core i5-12490F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-12490F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Core i5-12490F 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 i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.