AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS vs Intel Core i5-12400F. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 6000H Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Generation
  5 12
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS Intel Core i5-11400F
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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
• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 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 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  9 -
• GPU Frequency
  2400 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon RX 680M None
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 -
• Shader
  768 -
• Technology
  6 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12400F and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  4.0 x 12 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i5-12400F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  105 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 117 W
• TDP up
  54 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS and Intel Core i5-12400F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Rembrandt (Zen 3+) Alder Lake S
• 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 7.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  16 MB 18 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FP7 LGA 1700
• Technology
  6 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d