Intel Core i9 12900HX vs i9 12900H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i9 12900HX with 16-cores against the 2.5 GHz i9 12900H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12900H and 12900HX
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2493 vs 2260 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
23035

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)
File compression 1160 MB/sec 763.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 129.9 Klines/sec 79.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 359.9 pages/sec 225.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 420.5 Mpixels/sec 309.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 252 pages/sec 210 pages/sec
Background blur 41.7 images/sec 30.9 images/sec
Photo processing 125 images/sec 76.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.8 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
35005
Integer math 119.2 GOps/sec 98.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 89.3 GOps/sec 71.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 139M Primes/sec 111M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 47.1M Strings/sec 37.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 24.2 GBytes/sec 19.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 422.6 MBytes/sec 333.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 2075 Frames/sec 1812 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 25.7B Matrices/sec 19.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900HX and i9 12900H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 10, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Alder Lake
Model number i9-12900HX i9-12900H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 24 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1744
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 96
TGP 45 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.74 TFLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 128 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 12900HX official page Intel Core i9 12900H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 12900H or i9 12900HX?
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