Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 7 5825U comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Ryzen 7 5825U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5825U in all gaming tests too.
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 5825U that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5825U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5825U. Also, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5825U outputs less heat than Core i9-12900H 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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