Intel Core i9 12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
We compared two CPUs: the 3,2 GHz Intel Core i9 12900K (desktop) with 16-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (laptop) 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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900K
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Has 14336 KB larger L3 cache size
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1982 vs 1589 points
- 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
- More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | October 27, 2021 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Model number | i9-12900K | - |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 | Radeon 680M |
CPU
| P-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3,2 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.1 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.9 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 24 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 32x | 33x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | FP7 |
| TDP | 125 W | 45 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | AMD Radeon 680M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1550 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 256 | 768 |
| TMUs | 16 | 48 |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| Execution Units | 32 | 12 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-6400 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 12900K official page | AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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