Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H.

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.