AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i9-12900

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 16 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

11441 points
11471 points
0.26% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9957 points
13241 points
32% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12030 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
10915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12352 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
10835 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

468.88 points
66% significantly higher Blender score
281.66 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

2.50 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
5% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
18% slightly lower TDP
65 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

16 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

66th of 1,126
65th of 1,126

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 April
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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Core i9-12900 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900 performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 8945HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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 Ryzen 9 8945HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900. The Ryzen 9 8945HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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