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. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. 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.