Intel Core i9-12950HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

9181 points

10700 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10659 points

10758 points

0.93% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8766 points

10731 points

22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8710 points

10842 points

24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

247.44 points

458.15 points

85% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W

Identical

55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB

250% significantly more L2 cache

4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

274% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

108th of 1,089

75th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

2025 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12950HX vs Ryzen 9 8940HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 8940HX is faster than the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.