Intel Core i9 12900HX vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 430
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2022
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Processor Number
i9-12900HX
430
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Radeon 840M
Generation
—
Ryzen AI 7 (Zen 5 (Gorgon Point))
Series
—
Ryzen AI 400 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1964
FP8
Power Consumption
45-55 W
15-28 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
Package
—
FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
1
Performance Core Threads
16
2
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
3
Efficiency Core Threads
8
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
4
Total Thread Count
24
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23x
20
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
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
128 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
2800 MHz
Shader Units
256
256
Texture Units
16
16
Raster Operation Units
8
8
Execution Units
32
4
Power Consumption
45 W
15-54
Max Resolution
—
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
14
AI Accelerator
NPU
—
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
—
50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,904
1,824
Cinebench R23
20,977
8,811
Geekbench 6
2,519
2,482
Geekbench 5
1,896
—
Geekbench 6
14,447
7,692
Geekbench 5
16,154
—
Blender
280
—
Passmark CPU
3,874
—
Passmark CPU
34,632
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.