AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

8673 points
8926 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12393 points
15% slightly better gaming score
10736 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7498 points
8383 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7245 points
8262 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.29 points
6% slightly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
1280 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
14 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
28% slightly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core i7-12850HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Ryzen 5 9600X in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 9600X thanks to a slightly 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 i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12850HX.

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 Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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