Intel Core i9-12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Core i9-12900HX vs Ryzen 9 7900 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900 beats the Core i9-12900HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 7900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900HX. The Ryzen 9 7900 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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