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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