Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile 6 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

6632 points
57% significantly better overall score
4208 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7128 points
16% slightly better gaming score
6127 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6506 points
78% significantly better multitasking score
3638 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6504 points
84% significantly better heavy workload score
3518 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
100% significantly higher Blender score
94.21 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5599 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1594 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
2.30 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
233% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,089
420th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 5 PRO 5000 Series Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U beats the Core i9-12900T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outputs less heat than Core i9-12900T thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. The Core i9-12900T 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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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