Intel Core i9-12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i9-12900HK vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900HK. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 9 8945HS.

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.