AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 12 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

13788 points
50% significantly better overall score
9181 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14026 points
31% slightly better gaming score
10659 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13725 points
56% significantly better multitasking score
8766 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13727 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score
8710 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

462.53 points
86% significantly higher Blender score
247.44 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.4 GHz
91% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

120 W
55 W
118% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
1280 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
14 MiB
16% slightly more L2 cache

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

35th of 1,089
108th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 August
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 9900X vs Core i9-12950HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X performs better than the Core i9-12950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12950HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 9900X has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12950HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 9900X thanks to a significantly 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 Core i9-12950HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 9900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12950HX.

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 9900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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