AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX vs Intel Core i5-12450H. 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 i5
• 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
  - 4x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.3 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.8 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  4.4 GHz 3.4 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
• Execution units
  8 48
• Generation
  9 12
• GPU Frequency
  2100 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1200 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  8 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2020
• Shader
  512 384
• 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 i5-12450H and AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX. 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 28
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Core i5-12450H 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 up
  90 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 5980HX and Intel Core i5-12450H, 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 7 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 12 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  100-000000474 -
• 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