Home > CPU Comparison > Core i9 12900H or Ryzen 9 6900HX: what's better?

Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900H
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
Intel Core i9 12900H
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (8)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
๐Ÿ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6900HX and 12900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2397 vs 2004 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.7 vs 2.2 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 12900H
vs
Ryzen 9 6900HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#157th place)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H +16%
11964
Ryzen 9 6900HX
10271
File compression 898.1 MB/sec 984.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 97.6 Klines/sec 80.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 221.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 325.3 Mpixels/sec 331.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.3 pages/sec 209.8 pages/sec
Background blur 52.7 images/sec 34.6 images/sec
Photo processing 94.2 images/sec 82.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.8 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 626 & 491 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H +11%
26596
Ryzen 9 6900HX
24028
Integer math 91.3 GOps/sec 88.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 66 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 104M Primes/sec 62M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.4M Strings/sec 31.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18 GBytes/sec 18.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 308.2 MBytes/sec 303 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 1129 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.4B Matrices/sec 20.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 3998 & 2567 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 12900H +12%
210.35
Ryzen 9 6900HX
187.06

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.9 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 265.9 PPW 228.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 591 PPW 534 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.67 PPW 4.16 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 12900H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-21 (Robert L)Cinebench 2024104 / 765
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta)Cinebench 2024107 / 984
Add View all (2)
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
No benchmark results yet
Add

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900H and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

General

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
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS - Intel Core i9 12900HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (#115th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#105th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 33x
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 Yes

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 100ยฐC 95ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (152nd and 184th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2400 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 12900H
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 6900HX +68%
3.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
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 9 6900HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
430 (54.2%)
364 (45.8%)
Total votes: 794

Competitors

1. Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (1)
2. Intel Core i9 12900H vs Apple M4 (10-Core) (4)
3. Intel Core i9 12900H vs Apple M2 (2)
4. Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
5. Intel Core i9 12900H vs Intel Core i9 13900H
6. AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS
7. AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
8. AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
9. AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
10. AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i7 12700H
Compare other CPUs (460+)

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX or Intel Core i9 12900H?
๐ŸŒ Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
Avatar
Amadeus September 20, 2022 at 07:28 AM
I choose intel because I am not doing any task which pushes CPU to it's extreme limits Just want to do regular gaming and streaming and a bit of video editing.
+9 Reply
Avatar
SuperLambda March 8, 2022 at 10:58 AM
I9 is an old 10nm fabrication process while R9 is 6nm. I9 uses 140-150w during peak while R9 is 40-50w. This means in the normal situation (Your laptop PC won't always use 140-150w on CPU, actually it rarely goes up to 50w), actually in most situations, R9 performs much better than I9. At the same point, I9 is way more expensive than R9. I choose AMD, as always. AND YES! Come on man, I mean Intel should just quit advertising itself, instead, just focus on your chips. Can you just accept TSMC outsourcing? Everyone knows Taiwan TSMC is number 1.
+48 Reply
Avatar
Thanh JT July 23, 2022 at 11:00 AM
but there I see 35-45W, ya, something is not clear on this website =]
0 Reply
Avatar
anonymous October 28, 2022 at 12:43 AM
See my comment below, Intel outperforms AMD at 45 W and above, not 100 W. The i9 is more expensive because it is significantly more powerful. In addition, Intel 10 nm has the same transistor density as TSMC 7 nm, which is the main factor in determining power consumption. Intel just boosts up too high on battery which gives them bad battery life, but you can use programs like Throttlestop to stop this and get them much closer in battery life to Ryzen CPUs.
+4 Reply
Avatar
Zura November 14, 2022 at 11:06 PM
anonymous, Intel/AMD CPUs don't go beyond 45w when the GPU is active (while playing games).
0 Reply
Avatar
Ivan K March 7, 2022 at 04:57 PM
While i9 outperforms r9, it's also viable to mention that i9 tends to draw about 140-150W during peak, while r9 is at 40-50w. Also, median consumption is significantly higher. So consider this to be a mobile processor, id say it's highly significant how much juice it requires to perform like this, regardless of what these paper values show. That results in shorter battery life, or, if restricted consumption, lower performance from i9 than r9. So you should take into consideration whether you'll be using the laptop more on battery or plugged in. Cheers.
+26 Reply
Avatar
anonymous October 28, 2022 at 12:39 AM
There is only one laptop that can even handle 140 W on the CPU (MSI Titan GT77). At 65 W with an i7-12700H, I am still getting a better multi-core score than the Ryzen 9 6900 HX can get at 100W. You can look at the power scaling graphs by Jarrod's Tech - the i7-12700H outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H at 45W and above - it certainly does not need to go into the 100s. Since both the i9-12900H and Ryzen 9 6900HX are only a fractional step up in clock speed alone from their 7 counterparts but are otherwise identical, the power scaling would be the same here. You can also use the Disable Turbo feature in Throttlestop to significantly increase battery life without a huge drop in performance.
0 Reply
Avatar
Shivu February 4, 2022 at 03:53 AM
Ryzen can be better if it comes for a lower price, if AMD managed to provide Ryzen for a lower price, it can be favorable by many.
+35 Reply
Englishะ ัƒััะบะธะน