AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 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

8883 points
8926 points
0.48% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9577 points
10736 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8669 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8618 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

298.75 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
1280 KiB
66% 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

64 MiB
156% significantly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

118th of 1,105
114th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 May

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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900 vs Core i7-12850HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12850HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900 has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX 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 i7-12850HX 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 i7-12850HX.

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

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