Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD A9-9420. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H AMD A9-9000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 AMD A
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900H -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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
  2.5 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  14 2
• CPU Threads
  20 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5 GHz 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
  3.8 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3 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
  12.1 12
• Execution units
  96 3
• Generation
  13 7
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2016
• Shader
  768 192
• Technology
  10 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A9-9420 and Intel Core i9-12900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-2133
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 8
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900H and AMD A9-9420 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
  100 °C 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W -
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 25 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900H and AMD A9-9420, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  11.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  24 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2017
• Socket
  BGA 1744 FP4
• Technology
  10 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V