Intel Core i9-12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

6371 points
44% significantly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8680 points
33% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5739 points
52% significantly better multitasking score
3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5626 points
54% significantly better heavy workload score
3630 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.23 points
104% significantly higher Blender score
86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
15 W
200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

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

230th of 1,089
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i9-12900HK vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900HK performs better than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7430U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7430U. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7430U outputs less heat than Core i9-12900HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7430U. The Core i9-12900HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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