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Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Intel Core i9-12900H

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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 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 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).

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.

Performance

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

With its decent cooling solution and a long-term Power Limit of 110 W, the Asus StudioBook 16 H7600ZW is one of the fastest laptops built around the i9-12900H that we know of. It can be more than 80% faster than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, depending on the circumstances.

Power consumption

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

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

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

► remove from comparison AMD R5 7600

The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a fast mid-range desktop processor of the Raphael series. It offers 6 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture that supports hyperthreading (12 threads). The cores clock from 3.8 (base) up to 5.1 GHz (single core boost).

The Raphael series still uses a chiplet design with two CCD-clusters (each with 8 possible cores) in 5nm and an IO-die (including the memory controller and the Radeon Graphics iGPU) in 6nm.

The R5 7600X is rated at 65 Watt TDP.

ModelIntel Core i9-12900HAMD Ryzen 5 7600
CodenameAlder Lake-HRaphael (Zen4)
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-PAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)
Series: Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000) Raphael (Zen4)
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 i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D compare4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X compare4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 compare3.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X compare4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 compare3.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X compare4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Clock1800 - 5000 MHz3800 - 5100 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB384 KB
L2 Cache11.5 MB6 MB
L3 Cache24 MB32 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 206 / 12
TDP45 Watt65 Watt
Technology10 nm5 nm
max. Temp.100 °C95 °C
SocketBGA1744AM5 (LGA 1718)
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.amd.com
TransistorsCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
Voltage0.650 - 1.475V V
Die Size1x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-12900H
39.2 pt (65%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 7600
42.2 pt (70%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 96     avg: 104.9     median: 106 (60%)     max: 112 Points
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 371     avg: 636     median: 578 (11%)     max: 920 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 7359     avg: 15133     median: 15946.5 (15%)     max: 19648 Points
12735 Points (12%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1634     avg: 1829     median: 1863.5 (78%)     max: 1930 Points
1852 Points (78%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 624     avg: 706     median: 714.5 (78%)     max: 738 Points
724 Points (79%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2681     avg: 5717     median: 6056.5 (15%)     max: 7471 Points
5487 Points (13%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1395     avg: 2454     median: 2576.5 (16%)     max: 3077 Points
2339 Points (15%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 235     avg: 262.3     median: 266 (74%)     max: 277 Points
298 Points (83%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 12.08     avg: 23.6     median: 25.3 (33%)     max: 32.77 Points
26.4 Points (34%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.83     avg: 3     median: 3 (71%)     max: 3.3 Points
3.5 Points (83%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7952     avg: 8475     median: 8235 (50%)     max: 9498 Points
8122 Points (49%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 24313     avg: 43425     median: 47767 (35%)     max: 60567 Points
46166 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 48178     avg: 66910     median: 70976.5 (45%)     max: 77409 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 12846     avg: 13385     median: 13227.5 (16%)     max: 14567 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 187.176     avg: 206.8     median: 197.8 (2%)     max: 265.116 s
83.8 s (1%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.421     avg: 4.1     median: 4 (1%)     max: 5.062 s
3.1 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 7620     avg: 8202     median: 7937 (13%)     max: 9328 Points
14038 Points (22%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 34684     avg: 60849     median: 64908.5 (37%)     max: 76677 MIPS
64613 MIPS (37%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5302     avg: 5843     median: 5881 (69%)     max: 6289 MIPS
7566 MIPS (89%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 67.5     avg: 105.8     median: 111.4 (37%)     max: 126.7 fps
137.8 fps (46%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 225     avg: 266.6     median: 263.3 (61%)     max: 317 fps
347 fps (80%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 8.05     avg: 17.1     median: 17.8 (31%)     max: 22.5 fps
19.5 fps (34%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.864     avg: 1.1     median: 1 (29%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
1.1 GB/s (32%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.5     avg: 1.8     median: 1.9 (33%)     max: 2.1 GB/s
1.6 GB/s (28%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 8.6     avg: 10.5     median: 10.3 (27%)     max: 12.8 GB/s
12.5 GB/s (33%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 273     avg: 420.7     median: 376 (5%)     max: 850 Seconds
352 Seconds (4%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 160     avg: 231.3     median: 205.5 (1%)     max: 451 Seconds
219 Seconds (2%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4218     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.506 sec
0.4 sec (9%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 10122     avg: 13153     median: 13453 (29%)     max: 14655 Points
15993 Points (34%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.3     avg: 7.7     median: 7.5 (2%)     max: 8.329 s
6.8 s (1%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.373     avg: 17.3     median: 17.2 (1%)     max: 18.439 s
14.8 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 385.4     avg: 410.8     median: 398.6 (2%)     max: 474.148 s
351 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 33640     avg: 52620     median: 53621 (41%)     max: 62706 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 10552     avg: 21276     median: 22264 (55%)     max: 26126 Points
23854 Points (59%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 70655     avg: 87893     median: 91477 (74%)     max: 103016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 71651     avg: 89380     median: 91745 (74%)     max: 103757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81857     avg: 89973     median: 89999 (75%)     max: 100472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 9262     avg: 17875     median: 18691.5 (47%)     max: 22123 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 9703     avg: 25492     median: 26678.5 (48%)     max: 31176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5062     avg: 11544     median: 12039 (51%)     max: 14424 Points
9819 Points (41%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
min: 1893     avg: 2368     median: 2384 (60%)     max: 2652 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
min: 9258     avg: 10829     median: 10337.5 (40%)     max: 12856 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2093     avg: 2248     median: 2203 (70%)     max: 2440 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 8918     avg: 10207     median: 9930 (41%)     max: 11663 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1631     avg: 1800     median: 1820 (71%)     max: 1897 Points
2088 Points (82%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8519     avg: 11913     median: 12237 (22%)     max: 14376 Points
11095 Points (20%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1553     avg: 1695     median: 1710 (7%)     max: 1838 Points
2005 Points (9%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8374     avg: 10525     median: 9892 (31%)     max: 12717 Points
10745 Points (34%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7191     avg: 7533     median: 7650 (76%)     max: 8015 Points
8453 Points (84%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 30682     avg: 36787     median: 36900 (37%)     max: 41134 Points
44221 Points (44%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
7309 Points (81%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
46641 Points (67%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 490     avg: 520     median: 508 (1%)     max: 608 ms
470 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 84027     avg: 87439     median: 86645 (65%)     max: 92438 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 239     avg: 262     median: 264 (73%)     max: 279 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 263     avg: 297.3     median: 296 (53%)     max: 332 Points
345 Points (62%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1515     avg: 1846     median: 1872 (70%)     max: 2108 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 52     avg: 109.2     median: 101.2 (17%)     max: 180 Watt
134.5 Watt (23%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 74.6     avg: 126.3     median: 124 (23%)     max: 222 Watt
134.2 Watt (24%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 4.05     avg: 29.1     median: 27 (18%)     max: 96.8 Watt
81.5 Watt (54%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 7.99     avg: 18.1     median: 14.8 (16%)     max: 34.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 13.6     avg: 19.9     median: 19.1 (14%)     max: 27.5 Points per Watt
17.4 Points per Watt (13%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-12900H → 100% n=38

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 7600 → 113% n=38

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