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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i9-12900H

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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The AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based on the Cezanne generation. The R9 5900H integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3 microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.6 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT for a total of 16 threads. The chip is manufactured on the modern 7 nm TSMC process. The "X" in the name indicates the overclocking capabilities of the CPU.

The new Zen 3 microarchitecture offers a significantly higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to Zen 2. For desktop processors AMD claims 19 percent on average and in applications reviews showed around 12% gains at the same clock speed.

In addition to the eight CPU cores, the APU also integrates a Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics adapter with 8 CUs and up to 2100 MHz. The dual channel memory controller supports DDR4-3200 and energy efficient LPDDR4-4266 RAM. Furthermore, 16 MB level 3 cache can be found on the chip.

Performance

The average 5900HX in our database trades blows with Intel's Core i9-11980HK, as far as multi-thread performance is concerned. While not much faster than the less power-hungry Ryzen 9 5900HS, this is still a great CPU for quality gaming laptops as well as DTRs and high-performance mini-PCs.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 9 has a default TDP of 45 W (also known as the long-term power limit), a value that laptop manufacturers are allowed to change to anything between 35 W and 54 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly. Either way, a high-performance cooling solutions is a must for a CPU like this.

Ryzen 9 5900HX is built with the relatively modern 7 nm TSMC process resulting in very decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i9-12900H

► remove from comparison Intel i9-12900H

The Intel Core i9-12900H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support HyperThreading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 5 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.8 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12900HK, the 12900H does not offer the open multiplicator (for overclocking) but the full "Enterprise" set of vPro features (for remote management).

Performance

The average 12900H in our database proves to be an outrageously fast CPU, ripping AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX to pieces as far as multi-thread performance is concerned. Perhaps surprisingly, the Core i9's multi-thread benchmark scores are not that much higher than those of Core i7-12700H, suggesting the latter might be a much better bang for the buck overall.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.45 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 5900HXIntel Core i9-12900H
SeriesAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)Intel Alder Lake-P
CodenameCezanne-H (Zen 3)Alder Lake-P
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-P
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX « 3.3 - 4.6 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H compare3.2 - 4.4 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H compare3.3 - 4.2 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H « 1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H compare2 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12500H compare1.8 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1280P compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1270P compare1.6 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260P compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1250P compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240P compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1220P compare1.1 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4600 MHz1800 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB1.2 MB
L2 Cache4 MB11.5 MB
L3 Cache16 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 1614 / 20
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology7 nm10 nm
Die Size180 mm2
max. Temp.105 °C100 °C
SocketFP6FCBGA1744
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTThread Director
iGPUAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 2100 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
ManufacturerAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) R9 5900HX

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 5900HX
52 pt (58%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-12900H
59.4 pt (66%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10808     avg: 12733     median: 12845 (21%)     max: 14363 Points
min: 7647     avg: 15902     median: 16460.5 (27%)     max: 19648 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1218     avg: 1474     median: 1488 (65%)     max: 1499 Points
min: 1698     avg: 1838     median: 1867.5 (82%)     max: 1921 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 471     avg: 574     median: 578.5 (66%)     max: 584 Points
min: 653     avg: 712     median: 724.5 (83%)     max: 738 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4148     avg: 4937     median: 4978 (21%)     max: 5476 Points
min: 2922     avg: 5985     median: 6084 (26%)     max: 7471 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1337     avg: 2085     median: 2106 (22%)     max: 2267 Points
min: 1561     avg: 2578     median: 2626.5 (27%)     max: 3077 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 197     avg: 237.8     median: 240 (73%)     max: 243 Points
min: 243     avg: 264.4     median: 271 (83%)     max: 277 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 22     avg: 24     median: 24.7 (35%)     max: 25.6 Points
min: 25.96     avg: 29.4     median: 29.4 (41%)     max: 32.77 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.8     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (9%)     max: 2.86 Points
min: 2.86     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (10%)     max: 3.3 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6294     avg: 6379     median: 6409 (39%)     max: 6452 Points
min: 8083     avg: 8791     median: 8790.5 (53%)     max: 9498 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 36642     avg: 39445     median: 40114 (29%)     max: 42371 Points
min: 48018     avg: 54293     median: 54292.5 (39%)     max: 60567 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 64320     avg: 70380     median: 72790 (52%)     max: 74772 Points
77409 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 11811     avg: 12020     median: 12037 (66%)     max: 12152 Points
12846 Points (70%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 91.6     avg: 98.7     median: 98.2 (1%)     max: 106.7 s
189.1 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.308     avg: 3.7     median: 3.5 (1%)     max: 4.4 s
3.4 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 4297     avg: 6535     median: 7061 (41%)     max: 7722 Points
min: 7937     avg: 8633     median: 8632.5 (50%)     max: 9328 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 50673     avg: 58025     median: 58664 (36%)     max: 62503 MIPS
min: 37614     avg: 63631     median: 65618 (41%)     max: 76677 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4791     avg: 5707     median: 5750 (69%)     max: 5905 MIPS
min: 5302     avg: 5869     median: 5905.5 (71%)     max: 6289 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 112     avg: 120.2     median: 120.2 (44%)     max: 128.35 fps
125.3 fps (46%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 271.5     avg: 275     median: 275.3 (65%)     max: 278 fps
245 fps (58%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 13.8     avg: 15.5     median: 15.6 (33%)     max: 17.1 fps
min: 9.16     avg: 18.1     median: 18.9 (41%)     max: 22.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.1     avg: 1.2     median: 1.2 (38%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
min: 0.974     avg: 1.2     median: 1.2 (40%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.6     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (32%)     max: 2 GB/s
min: 1.7     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (34%)     max: 2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 7.4     avg: 10.5     median: 11.1 (34%)     max: 12.3 GB/s
min: 8.6     avg: 9.2     median: 9.2 (28%)     max: 9.7 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 405     avg: 434     median: 434 (6%)     max: 463 Seconds
min: 273     avg: 360.1     median: 348 (4%)     max: 495 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 219     avg: 242.9     median: 243 (2%)     max: 284 Seconds
min: 160     avg: 214.7     median: 196 (1%)     max: 415 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.48     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.599 sec
min: 0.4218     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.503 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13574     avg: 14220     median: 14253.5 (30%)     max: 14746 Points
min: 12799     avg: 13441     median: 13440.5 (29%)     max: 14082 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.734     avg: 8.2     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 9.46 s
min: 7.3     avg: 7.3     median: 7.3 (2%)     max: 7.328 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.716     avg: 18.7     median: 17.1 (1%)     max: 24.05 s
16.4 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 406.505     avg: 491.7     median: 415.6 (2%)     max: 729 s
min: 385.4     avg: 385.5     median: 385.5 (2%)     max: 385.531 s
PCMark 05 - PCMark 05 - Standard
48452 Points (100%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 65434     avg: 69675     median: 67698 (63%)     max: 74775 Points
54143 Points (51%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 13940     avg: 16642     median: 16968.5 (46%)     max: 18790 Points
min: 11793     avg: 22025     median: 22851 (62%)     max: 26126 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 47433     avg: 79334     median: 84003 (70%)     max: 88152 Points
min: 77848     avg: 92620     median: 94808 (78%)     max: 103016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 47461     avg: 79231     median: 84699.5 (70%)     max: 87829 Points
min: 77796     avg: 92547     median: 94317.5 (78%)     max: 103757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 87770     avg: 89976     median: 89809.5 (76%)     max: 93052 Points
min: 82492     avg: 90421     median: 89359 (75%)     max: 100472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 17016     avg: 18108     median: 18009 (46%)     max: 19583 Points
min: 13206     avg: 18976     median: 19627 (50%)     max: 22123 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 17714     avg: 24899     median: 24956 (46%)     max: 27288 Points
min: 9703     avg: 26524     median: 27407 (51%)     max: 31176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6932     avg: 9224     median: 9448 (47%)     max: 10603 Points
min: 6033     avg: 12096     median: 12532 (62%)     max: 14424 Points
Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
2018 Points (70%)
2203 Points (77%)
Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
7784 Points (46%)
11663 Points (69%)
Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1271     avg: 1520     median: 1538.5 (67%)     max: 1574 Points
min: 1647     avg: 1815     median: 1843 (80%)     max: 1892 Points
Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7370     avg: 8309     median: 8462 (29%)     max: 9294 Points
min: 8519     avg: 12461     median: 12710 (44%)     max: 14376 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1233     avg: 1460     median: 1485 (6%)     max: 1517 Points
min: 1673     avg: 1763     median: 1769.5 (8%)     max: 1838 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7327     avg: 8267     median: 8400 (26%)     max: 9053 Points
min: 9663     avg: 11459     median: 11727 (37%)     max: 12717 Points
Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5249     avg: 6240     median: 6350.5 (66%)     max: 6591 Points
8015 Points (83%)
Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 30451     avg: 33068     median: 33335.5 (37%)     max: 35465 Points
36692 Points (41%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 595     avg: 615     median: 606.5 (1%)     max: 728 ms
min: 490     avg: 512     median: 506 (1%)     max: 577 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 113.2     avg: 117.7     median: 117.7 (1%)     max: 122.1 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 60762     avg: 67764     median: 71000 (67%)     max: 71530 Points
min: 84027     avg: 87439     median: 86645 (82%)     max: 92438 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 215     avg: 218.5     median: 218.5 (65%)     max: 222 Points
min: 246     avg: 266.8     median: 268 (80%)     max: 279 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 230     avg: 276.3     median: 279 (65%)     max: 291 Points
min: 263     avg: 299.7     median: 299 (69%)     max: 332 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1402     avg: 1455     median: 1458 (56%)     max: 1501 Points
min: 1664     avg: 1898     median: 1894.5 (73%)     max: 2108 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 37.3     avg: 90.6     median: 91.5 (16%)     max: 119 Watt
min: 52     avg: 113.9     median: 107.2 (18%)     max: 180 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 58.7     avg: 93.9     median: 91.1 (19%)     max: 138.8 Watt
min: 75.6     avg: 133.1     median: 130 (27%)     max: 222 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.28     avg: 10.9     median: 9.5 (8%)     max: 18.2 Watt
min: 4.05     avg: 19.4     median: 17.9 (15%)     max: 40.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 8.45     avg: 10.6     median: 10.3 (12%)     max: 13 Watt
min: 7.99     avg: 16.7     median: 13.3 (16%)     max: 34.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 16.3     avg: 22.9     median: 22.1 (25%)     max: 33 Points per Watt
min: 13.6     avg: 20.1     median: 20.2 (23%)     max: 27.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX → 100% n=51

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-12900H → 113% n=51

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