Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD FX-9800P. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD FX
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H AMD FX-9800
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900H --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  14 / 20 4 / 4
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 2.70 GHz
• Overclocking
  No No

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

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.76 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  96 8
• Shader
  768 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  4 2
• Generation
  13 6
• Direct X
  12.1 12
• Technology
  10 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2016

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-9800P and Intel Core i9-12900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-1866
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 3.0 x 8
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900H and AMD FX-9800P to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900H and Intel Core i9-12900H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  11.50 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
• Technology
  10 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• Socket
  BGA 1744 FP4
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2016