AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 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

7025 points
10% slightly better overall score
6371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8549 points
8680 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6518 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
5739 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6374 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
5626 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6835 points
7480 points
9% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

184.59 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
178.23 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15100 points
19282 points
27% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.30 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
1120 KiB
118% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

192nd of 1,089
230th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Mobile
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Core i9-12900HK comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Ryzen 9 6900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 6900HX that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 6900HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. The Core i9-12900HK 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 6900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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