Intel Core i9 12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2022
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i9-12900HX
9850X3D
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Ryzen 7 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1964
AM5
Power Consumption
45-55 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
162 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
-
8.315 billions
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
I/O Die Size
-
122 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
4.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23x
47
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
96 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
256
128
Texture Units
16
8
Raster Operation Units
8
4
Execution Units
32
2
Power Consumption
45 W
15
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,904
2,222
Cinebench R23
20,977
23,192
Geekbench 6
2,519
3,581
Geekbench 5
1,896
-
Geekbench 6
14,447
19,325
Geekbench 5
16,154
-
Blender
280
-
Passmark CPU
3,874
-
Passmark CPU
34,632
-
Cinebench 2024
-
144
Cinebench 2024
-
1,398
Cinebench 2026
-
5,698
Cinebench 2026
-
780