Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen 5 8640HS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900T is faster than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Ryzen 5 8640HS outputs less heat than Core i9-12900T thanks to a 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 5 8640HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS.

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