AMD Ryzen 7 5800 vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 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

7246 points
13% slightly better overall score
6371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9033 points
4% slightly better gaming score
8680 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6679 points
16% slightly better multitasking score
5739 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6542 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
5626 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7120 points
7480 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.07 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
178.23 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz
36% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1120 KiB
118% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

175th of 1,089
230th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5800 vs Core i9-12900HK comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800 performs better than the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5800 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5800. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900HK.

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 7 5800 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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