Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 8192 KB larger L3 cache size
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
- More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 763.2 MB/sec | 1004.2 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 79.6 Klines/sec | 82.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 225.2 pages/sec | 221.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 309.3 Mpixels/sec | 331.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 210 pages/sec | 215.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 30.9 images/sec | 52 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 76.3 images/sec | 88.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 17.6 Mpixels/sec | 20.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 98.2 GOps/sec | 88.7 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 71.2 GOps/sec | 49.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 111M Primes/sec | 58M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 37.4M Strings/sec | 32.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 19.6 GBytes/sec | 18.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 333.7 MBytes/sec | 303 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1812 Frames/sec | 1054 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 19.9B Matrices/sec | 20.6B Matrices/sec |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900H and AMD Ryzen 7 6800HGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Model number | i9-12900H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Radeon 680M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 14 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 20 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 25x | 32x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-45 W (configurable) | 45 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP7 |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1450 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 768 |
| TMUs | 48 | 48 |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 96 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 12900H official page | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 20 |
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