AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i9-12900K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 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

4629 points

13331 points

187% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5577 points

14234 points

155% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4389 points

13035 points

196% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4371 points

12983 points

197% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9299 points

11701 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

186.26 points

364.47 points

95% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7738 points

15365 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1930 points

2616 points

35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.2 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

435% significantly lower TDP

241 W

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

30 MiB

87% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

378th of 1,089

39th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile

12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Core i9-12900K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5980HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900K has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 5980HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 5980HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5980HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900K. A Ryzen 9 5980HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5980HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.