CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

CORE STATE Dragon Range

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i7-12700KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,584

2,921

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

647

412

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,104

12,171

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,696

1,718

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

45,488

28,979

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,421

4,091

passmark_data_compression

738,673

441,960

passmark_data_encryption

44,430

23,181

passmark_extended_instructions

54,674

28,650

passmark_find_prime_numbers

272

112

passmark_floating_point_math

125,981

87,449

passmark_integer_math

205,945

113,521

passmark_multithread

54,675

34,092

passmark_physics

2,115

1,780

passmark_random_string_sorting

85,869

45,150

passmark_single_thread

4,033

3,984

passmark_singlethread

4,033

3,984

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

9,282

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,065

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,011

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,211

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

9,983

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,043

geekbench_multicore

N/A

13,596

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,526

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 8940HX

i7-12700KF

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

32

20 -37.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

Multiplier

24

36 +50.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

125 +127.3%

PL1

—

190W

PL2

—

190W

Configurable TDP

45-75 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Alder Lake

Codename

Dragon Range

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 4 (Dragon Range))

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

5 nm

10 nm

Transistors

13,140 million

—

Die Size

2x 71 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 5, 28 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

—

Other

Market

Mobile

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$384

Part Number

100-000001849

SRL4P

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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