Intel Core i9 12900HK vs AMD Athlon Gold 20
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i9-12900HK
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Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
BGA-1744
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
35-45 W
15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
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Performance Core Threads
12
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
14
2
Total Thread Count
20
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
25x
24.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
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Shader Units
768
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Texture Units
48
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Raster Operation Units
24
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Execution Units
96
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3
PCIe Lanes
28
4
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,934
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Cinebench R23
18,257
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Geekbench 6
2,361
888
Geekbench 5
1,793
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Geekbench 6
12,172
1,822
Geekbench 5
13,317
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Blender
253
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Passmark CPU
3,676
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Passmark CPU
27,949
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.