Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen 9 8945HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K beats the Ryzen 9 8945HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HX outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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