Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

0.23% slightly better overall score

8139 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

2% slightly better gaming score

9987 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

0.16% slightly better multitasking score

7532 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

7360 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7427 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

0.62% slightly higher Blender score

207.75 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

3.80 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

Identical

45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 7 8845HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 8845HS beats the Core i9-12900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Ryzen 7 8845HS 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.