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AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core i9 12900HX

	CPU AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme	CPU Intel Core i9 12900HX
General Parameters
Release Date	Jun 2025	May 2022
Manufacturer	Amd	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Strix Point)	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	Radeon 890M	UHD Graphics (32EU)
Processor Number		i9-12900HX
Package
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	10 nm
Socket	FP8	BGA-1964
Power Consumption	15-35 W	45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		157 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	3	8
Performance Core Threads	6	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	5	8
Efficiency Core Threads	10	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	8	16
Total Thread Count	16	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	20	23x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	16 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Max Memory Channels		2
Max Memory Bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	800 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2900 MHz	1550 MHz
Shader Units	1024	256
Texture Units	64	16
Raster Operation Units	40	8
Execution Units	16	32
Power Consumption	15	45 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1953	1904
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	14572	20977
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2753	2519
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11860	14447
Passmark CPU Single Core	4074	3874
Passmark CPU Multi Core	24157	34632