AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Core i7-12800HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800HX beats the Ryzen 9 6900HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 6900HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 6900HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12800HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-12800HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 6900HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.