Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

10700 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

10758 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

10731 points

42% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

10842 points

45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

458.15 points

119% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

2.9 GHz

16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

22% slightly lower TDP

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

9% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 Ryzen 9 8940HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-12900H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8940HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.