Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8256 points
8673 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10386 points
12393 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7630 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7524 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points
7587 points
0.70% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
233.29 points
11% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.9 GHz
56% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
133% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

138th of 1,091
119th of 1,091

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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