Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

10606 points
30% slightly better overall score
8139 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points
25% slightly better gaming score
9987 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
7532 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
7360 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10914 points
46% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7427 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points
41% slightly higher Blender score
207.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13858 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11045 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2526 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2333 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.80 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089
144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 7 8845HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900F beats the Ryzen 7 8845HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900F has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 8845HS outputs less heat than Core i9-12900F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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