AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

61 %
116 %
90% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

76 %
134 %
76% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

57 %
111 %
94% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

56 %
109 %
94% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9563
16259
70% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

191.52
329.86
72% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14363
22565
57% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263
13491
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794
2487
38% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7263
13491
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1794
2487
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
3.6 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

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

45 W
322% significantly lower TDP
190 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
960 KiB
87% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

123rd of 1,239
15th of 1,239

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

January 2021
November 2021

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i7-12700K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Ryzen 9 5900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5900HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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