Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 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

12789 points

5% slightly better overall score

12102 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points

20% slightly better gaming score

11676 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

12246 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points

0.11% slightly better heavy workload score

12288 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11666 points

0.86% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

11567 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

342.81 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14840 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

13685 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2507 points

2663 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

13839 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points

2627 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

Identical

5.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W

55 W

338% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

67% significantly more L1 cache

764 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

64 MiB

113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089

49th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen 9 7845HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7845HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7845HX. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7845HX. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 7845HX.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.