Intel Core i9-12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

11511 points

11797 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12078 points

8% slightly better gaming score

11108 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11322 points

12091 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11290 points

12304 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

279.75 points

458.15 points

63% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W

Identical

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

Identical

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

63rd of 1,126

57th of 1,126

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8940HX beats the Core i9-12900HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i9-12900HX 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.