AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 vs Intel Core i9-12900

Compare AMD 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

11227 points

11471 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12120 points

13241 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11094 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

10915 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11316 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

10835 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.55 points

62% significantly higher Blender score

281.66 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

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

65th of 1,089

59th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 vs Core i9-12900 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900 performs better than the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. In terms of cache, the RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900. The RYZEN AI MAX+ 395 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 AI MAX+ 395 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.