AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Ryzen 9 5900HS vs Core i9-12900HK benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900HK performs better than the Ryzen 9 5900HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900HS has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900HK CPU because of its 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 i9-12900HK has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 5900HS. The Core i9-12900HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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