AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i7-12650HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 5900 is faster than the Core i7-12650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 5900 that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5900 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 Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5900. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5900 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.

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 9 5900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.