Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Jun 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
—
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Granite Ridge
Processor Number
i9-12900H
—
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1744
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
35-45 W
170 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
—
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Transistor Count
—
16.63 billions
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
—
Performance Core Threads
12
—
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
—
Total Core Count
14
16
Total Thread Count
20
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
25x
43.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
128 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
64 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
—
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
—
Shader Units
768
—
Texture Units
48
—
Raster Operation Units
24
—
Execution Units
96
—
Power Consumption
15 W
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
28
24
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,906
—
Cinebench R23
16,503
—
Geekbench 6
2,397
—
Geekbench 5
1,839
—
Geekbench 6
11,973
—
Geekbench 5
12,692
—
Blender
227
—
Passmark CPU
3,811
—
Passmark CPU
28,264
—
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.