Intel Core i5-12600H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core i5-12600H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX is faster than the Core i5-12600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12600H that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12600H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-12600H 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 i5-12600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.