Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KF	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2021	Apr 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number	i9-12900KF
Integrated Graphics	No	Radeon 610M
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	5 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	FL1
Power Consumption	125 W	55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	241 W	75 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
Transistor Count		13.14 billions
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x71 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		µFC-BGAFL1
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	16
Performance Core Threads	16	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.2 GHz	2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.1 GHz	5.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz
Total Core Count	16	16
Total Thread Count	24	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	32x	24
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	14 MB shared	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		2200 MHz
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2028	2001
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27422	34973
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2686	2766
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	16130	16747
Passmark CPU Single Core	4167	4035
Passmark CPU Multi Core	41190	55980