Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10700 points

0.89% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points

16% slightly better gaming score

10758 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points

10731 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points

10842 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points

458.15 points

55% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly 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

5.1 GHz

5.3 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

55 W

18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900F performs better than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8940HX outputs less heat than Core i9-12900F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.