Intel Core i9 12950HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2022
Apr 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Processor Number
i9-12950HX
-
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Radeon 610M
Generation
-
Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
5 nm
Socket
BGA-1964
FL1
Power Consumption
45-55 W
55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 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
2.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.3 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
16
Total Thread Count
24
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23x
24
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
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
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
1,962
1,809
Cinebench R23
21,471
29,610
Geekbench 6
2,546
2,709
Geekbench 6
14,260
15,308
Blender
294
-
Passmark CPU
3,832
-
Passmark CPU
32,506
-
Cinebench 2024
-
112
Cinebench 2024
-
1,630