Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

8158 points

8204 points

0.56% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

6% slightly better gaming score

9603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

7740 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

7593 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points

7628 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

214.43 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

118% significantly more L1 cache

512 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

142nd of 1,089

140th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 7 5800XT comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800XT is faster than the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800XT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 5800XT CPU because of its 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.