Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8158 points

24% slightly better overall score

6554 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

28% slightly better gaming score

8003 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

6082 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

5954 points

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i9-12900H and the Ryzen 7 6800H? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6757 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

17% slightly higher Blender score

177.81 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19648 points

34% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

14660 points

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

3.20 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089

217th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 7 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 7 6800H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Ryzen 7 6800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H 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 6800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 6800H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.