AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX vs Intel Core i5 12600K

CPU Specs Compare

C

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

AMD 2025-04
C

Intel Core i5 12600K

Intel 2021-10

General Parameters

Release Date
Apr 2025
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
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Processor Number
-
i5-12600K

Package

Transistor Count
13.14 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
10 nm
Socket
FL1
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
55 W
125 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
75 W
150 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
2x71 mm²
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I/O Process Size
6 nm
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I/O Die Size
122 mm²
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Package
µFC-BGAFL1
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CPU Performance

Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.4 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
9728 K shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
-
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.6 GHz

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Channels
2
2
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Bandwidth
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76.8 GB/s

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
256
Texture Units
-
16
Raster Operation Units
-
8
Execution Units
-
32
Power Consumption
-
15 W

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
28
20

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
2,001
1,908
Cinebench R23
34,973
17,648
Geekbench 6
2,766
2,548
Geekbench 6
16,747
12,188
Cinebench 2024
113
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Cinebench 2024
1,719
-
Passmark CPU
4,035
3,956
Passmark CPU
55,980
27,733
Blender
-
278