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

Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Core i9-12900HK specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 5900HX. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5900HX. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 5900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 5900HX. The Core i9-12900HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.