Intel Core i7-12800HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core i7-12800HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8940HX performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-12800HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.