Intel Core i9-12900HK 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?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6371 points
8139 points
27% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8680 points
9987 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5739 points
7532 points
31% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5626 points
7360 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i9-12900HK and the Ryzen 7 8845HS? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7480 points
0.71% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7427 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.23 points
207.75 points
16% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

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

2
Identical
2

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
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

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-12900HK vs Ryzen 7 8845HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Ryzen 7 8845HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS 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 7 8845HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 8845HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8845HS.

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.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons