AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Intel Core i7-12700H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000H Intel Core i 12000H
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i7
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  4 12
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen 5000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 6x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 14
• CPU Threads
  16 20
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.6 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 4.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
  - 3.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  8 96
• Generation
  9 13
• GPU Frequency
  2100 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1400 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q1/2022
• Shader
  512 768
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4 - Up to 3200 / LPDDR4 - Up to 4266 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 4.0 x 20
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Core i7-12700H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Configurable TDP
  35-54 W -
• Default TDP
  45+ W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 115 W
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP up
  54 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX and Intel Core i7-12700H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Alder Lake H
• Codename
  Cezanne -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 11.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 24 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000300 -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit -
• Release date
  2021-01-12 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FP6 BGA 1744
• Technology
  TSMC 7nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d