AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

10700 points
19% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10758 points
0.20% slightly better gaming score
10736 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10731 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10842 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.15 points
110% significantly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
Identical
55 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
1280 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
25 MiB
212% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

75th of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
2022 May

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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 8940HX vs Core i7-12850HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 i7-12850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 8940HX. The Core i7-12850HX 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 8940HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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