AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core i5-12600KF. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7045 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-11600KF
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Core Configuration
  16x Zen 4 -
• CPU Cores
  16 10
• CPU Threads
  32 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  5.4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.4 GHz 4.9 GHz
• A-Core
  - 6x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 4x Gracemont
• Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
  - 4.5 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 -
• Execution units
  2 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  2200 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M None
• GPU Turbo
  2200 MHz -
• Graphics Cores
  2 -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2022 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  6 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode 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 i5-12600KF and AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  83.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  PCIe 5.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and Intel Core i5-12600KF 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
  55-75 W -
• Default TDP
  55 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  55 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  - 228 W / 56 s
• TDP up
  75 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 125 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and Intel Core i5-12600KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Dragon Range (Zen 4) Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Dragon Range -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  16 MB -
• L3-Cache
  64 MB 20 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  100-000000870 BX8071512600KF
• Release date
  2023-02-28 Q4/2021
• Socket
  FL1 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 5nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d