Intel Core i9-12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

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

6371 points

8878 points

39% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8680 points

10890 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5739 points

8202 points

42% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5626 points

8008 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7480 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7356 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.23 points

244.42 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19282 points

12% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

17214 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

20% slightly lower TDP

54 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

118% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB

8 MiB

6% slightly more L2 cache

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

116th 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

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900HK vs Ryzen 7 7840HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840HS performs better than the Core i9-12900HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 7840HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7840HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 7840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 7840HS.

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