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

Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen 9 8945HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KF performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF 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 i9-12900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.