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AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

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The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based on the Rembrandt generation. The R9 6900HX integrates all eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.9 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (16 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. The "X" in the name indicates the overclocking capabilities of the CPU.

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

A big novelty is the integrated GPU Radeon 680M, that is now based on the RDNA2 architecture and offers 12 CUs at up to 2.4 GHz. It should be the fastest iGPU of all at the time of announcement.

Performance

The average 6900HX in our database edges out the Core i7-12800H just slightly while, a little disappointingly, not quite managing to leave the 6900HS behind in the dust. Don't get us wrong; this is still a brilliant CPU for your demanding apps and games, as of late 2022. It does lag behind some of the 12th generation Intel Core i9 options, though.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of nearly 90 W, the XMG Neo 15 2022 is among the fastest laptops built around the 6900HX that we know of. It can be at least 20% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 9 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W with the letter "X" indicating that the user is officially allowed to overclock the thing - leading to an increase in power consumption levels. Either way, a high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The R9 6900HX is built with TSMC's 6 nm process making for very good, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i9-12900HK

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The Intel Core i9-12900HK 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 Hyper-Threading 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 efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. As a K-variant, the CPU offers an open multiplicator and therefore the possibility to overclock the CPU cores. Compared to the similar i9-12900H, the 12900HK only offers the "Essentials" features of vPro.

Performance

The average 12900HK in our database is in the same as the Core i9-13900H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. It's also almost as fast as the Ryzen 7 7745HX and the Core i5-13500HX. This is a super-fast processor, as of mid 2023; it will have no issues running any app or any game for at least two more years.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 134 W, the Alienware x17 R2 P48E is among the fastest laptops built around the 12900HK that we know of. It can be more than 40% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

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.

Power consumption

This Core i9 series chip has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i9-12900HK is manufactured on Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for lower-than-average, as of mid-2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 9 6900HXIntel Core i9-12900HK
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)Intel Alder Lake-P
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Alder Lake-H
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX « 3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H compare3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HK « 1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H compare1.8 - 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 i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4900 MHz1800 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache512 KB1.2 MB
L2 Cache4 MB11.5 MB
L3 Cache16 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 1614 / 20
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology6 nm10 nm
max. Temp.95 °C100 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2BGA1744
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon 680M ( - 2400 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R9 6900HX
41.5 pt (58%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-12900HK
43.8 pt (61%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 91     avg: 91.5     median: 91.5 (64%)     max: 92 Points
105 Points (73%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 666     avg: 695     median: 695 (13%)     max: 724 Points
876 Points (16%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 9709     avg: 13307     median: 13497 (13%)     max: 15100 Points
min: 13410     avg: 18038     median: 18621.5 (17%)     max: 19282 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1516     avg: 1565     median: 1558 (66%)     max: 1616 Points
min: 1586     avg: 1785     median: 1789 (76%)     max: 1940 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 595     avg: 610     median: 610 (68%)     max: 631 Points
min: 596     avg: 672     median: 664 (74%)     max: 739 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3742     avg: 5162     median: 5306 (13%)     max: 5813 Points
min: 5168     avg: 6874     median: 7104.5 (17%)     max: 7366 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1588     avg: 2163     median: 2231 (14%)     max: 2411 Points
min: 1975     avg: 2750     median: 2845 (18%)     max: 2944 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 241     avg: 250.1     median: 249 (75%)     max: 261 Points
min: 226     avg: 256.6     median: 257 (77%)     max: 279 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 19.01     avg: 23.9     median: 23.9 (31%)     max: 26.44 Points
min: 23.44     avg: 28.2     median: 28.2 (37%)     max: 33 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.86     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (73%)     max: 3.07 Points
min: 2.69     avg: 3     median: 3 (74%)     max: 3.28 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6405     avg: 7252     median: 6545.5 (40%)     max: 12330 Points
min: 7710     avg: 8561     median: 8561 (52%)     max: 9412 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 32313     avg: 42271     median: 39524 (29%)     max: 67558 Points
min: 48838     avg: 53020     median: 53020 (38%)     max: 57202 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 55915     avg: 69650     median: 70044 (49%)     max: 77450 Points
75223 Points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 11870     avg: 12332     median: 12239.5 (15%)     max: 12943 Points
12378 Points (15%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 93.19     avg: 114.7     median: 104.8 (1%)     max: 149.369 s
201.1 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.461     avg: 4     median: 3.8 (1%)     max: 4.688 s
3.4 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6795     avg: 6875     median: 6875 (11%)     max: 6980 Points
min: 7387     avg: 8480     median: 8480 (13%)     max: 9573 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 49526     avg: 60091     median: 61333 (35%)     max: 65336 MIPS
min: 56455     avg: 70492     median: 72874 (42%)     max: 75564 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5090     avg: 5799     median: 5817 (70%)     max: 6070 MIPS
min: 5257     avg: 5723     median: 5622.5 (67%)     max: 6186 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 93.25     avg: 115.2     median: 114.5 (40%)     max: 127.8 fps
min: 113.7     avg: 136.7     median: 136.7 (48%)     max: 159.6 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 240.5     avg: 253.9     median: 255.5 (59%)     max: 262.5 fps
min: 276     avg: 288.2     median: 288.2 (66%)     max: 300.4 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 12.6     avg: 16.7     median: 17 (30%)     max: 18.7 fps
min: 15.7     avg: 19.9     median: 20.6 (36%)     max: 21.6 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.857     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (0%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
min: 1.3     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (0%)     max: 1.5 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.3     avg: 1.6     median: 1.7 (29%)     max: 1.8 GB/s
min: 2.3     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (42%)     max: 2.6 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 9.3     avg: 11.8     median: 11.9 (31%)     max: 13.5 GB/s
min: 14.1     avg: 15.2     median: 15.2 (40%)     max: 16.3 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 360     avg: 416.7     median: 407 (5%)     max: 558 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 212     avg: 238.7     median: 231 (2%)     max: 357 Seconds
min: 172.5     avg: 186.6     median: 178.4 (1%)     max: 232 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4627     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4974 sec
min: 0.4155     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4997 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12154     avg: 13269     median: 13274 (28%)     max: 14115 Points
min: 13096     avg: 15572     median: 16756 (36%)     max: 16864 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.328     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.567 s
min: 7.3     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.438 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.373     avg: 18.8     median: 19.1 (1%)     max: 20.719 s
min: 16.1     avg: 17.5     median: 17.5 (1%)     max: 18.844 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 385.531     avg: 616     median: 661.9 (3%)     max: 692.859 s
min: 383.9     avg: 409.9     median: 409.9 (2%)     max: 435.936 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38061     avg: 64608     median: 67158 (59%)     max: 72267 Points
min: 59882     avg: 68634     median: 68634 (60%)     max: 77386 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 15855     avg: 18161     median: 17908 (48%)     max: 21036 Points
min: 17378     avg: 22490     median: 23447 (63%)     max: 25556 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 71056     avg: 77629     median: 77862 (63%)     max: 83820 Points
min: 66129     avg: 69062     median: 69062 (56%)     max: 71995 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 68580     avg: 77428     median: 77897 (63%)     max: 84038 Points
min: 65657     avg: 68856     median: 68856 (56%)     max: 72055 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 76107     avg: 80997     median: 80616 (68%)     max: 84711 Points
min: 75600     avg: 84380     median: 82935 (70%)     max: 94605 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 13091     avg: 17827     median: 18435 (47%)     max: 19474 Points
min: 16214     avg: 18928     median: 19475 (49%)     max: 21231 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18389     avg: 24551     median: 25524 (46%)     max: 27338 Points
min: 23308     avg: 27964     median: 28717 (51%)     max: 31045 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6621     avg: 9584     median: 9706 (41%)     max: 11039 Points
min: 9449     avg: 12451     median: 12649 (53%)     max: 14252 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2148 Points (65%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
10340 Points (41%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1523     avg: 1589     median: 1589 (67%)     max: 1652 Points
min: 1596     avg: 1782     median: 1870 (79%)     max: 1918 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8313     avg: 9642     median: 9647 (17%)     max: 10490 Points
min: 12559     avg: 13575     median: 13717 (25%)     max: 14294 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1531     avg: 1561     median: 1557 (7%)     max: 1603 Points
min: 1848     avg: 1854     median: 1853.5 (8%)     max: 1859 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9220     avg: 9880     median: 10144 (32%)     max: 10426 Points
min: 13538     avg: 13648     median: 13647.5 (43%)     max: 13757 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6191     avg: 6642     median: 6698 (67%)     max: 6804 Points
min: 7925     avg: 7970     median: 7970 (80%)     max: 8015 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 36780     avg: 39028     median: 39852 (44%)     max: 39852 Points
min: 50218     avg: 50701     median: 50701 (57%)     max: 51184 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 564     avg: 588     median: 586.5 (1%)     max: 607 ms
min: 490     avg: 523     median: 508.5 (1%)     max: 582 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 102.4     avg: 107.1     median: 107.1 (1%)     max: 111.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
94352 Points (85%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 200     avg: 222.4     median: 227 (65%)     max: 233 Points
249 Points (72%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 248     avg: 280.3     median: 286 (60%)     max: 304 Points
min: 285     avg: 303.6     median: 299 (62%)     max: 331 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
43.3 MB/s (32%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
2539 MB/s (78%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
81.5 MB/s (100%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
3600 MB/s (100%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
20584 Points (95%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1476     avg: 1621     median: 1610 (62%)     max: 1743 Points
min: 1727     avg: 1937     median: 1903 (73%)     max: 2138 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 48.7     avg: 96.5     median: 95.8 (17%)     max: 135.7 Watt
min: 83.8     avg: 123.9     median: 121 (21%)     max: 174.7 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 44.6     avg: 92.1     median: 90.6 (17%)     max: 134 Watt
min: 77.7     avg: 137.2     median: 143 (26%)     max: 166 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 8.35     avg: 11.9     median: 10.9 (7%)     max: 19.4 Watt
63 Watt (42%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 10.1     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (15%)     max: 17 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 17.8     avg: 23.6     median: 22 (16%)     max: 34.6 Points per Watt
min: 17.2     avg: 20.3     median: 19.4 (14%)     max: 25.4 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX → 100% n=49

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-12900HK → 115% n=49

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