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 i9-12900K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,584

3,531

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

647

498

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,104

14,713

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,696

2,076

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

45,488

35,031

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,421

4,945

passmark_data_compression

738,673

537,341

passmark_data_encryption

44,430

29,579

passmark_extended_instructions

54,674

33,682

passmark_find_prime_numbers

272

147

passmark_floating_point_math

125,981

105,471

passmark_integer_math

205,945

139,090

passmark_multithread

54,675

41,213

passmark_physics

2,115

2,219

passmark_random_string_sorting

85,869

57,094

passmark_single_thread

4,033

4,136

passmark_singlethread

4,033

4,136

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

9,912

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,120

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,145

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,596

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

11,620

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,073

geekbench_multicore

N/A

15,525

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,640

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 8940HX

i9-12900K

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

24 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.2 +33.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

5.2 -1.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.2 +33.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

5.2 -1.9%

Multiplier

24

32 +33.3%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

125 +127.3%

PL1

—

241 W

PL2

—

241 W

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 i9 (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

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FL1

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610, Z790, H770, B760

PCIe

Gen 5, 28 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.4 GHz up to 3.9 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 610M

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Mobile

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$599

Part Number

100-000001849

SRL4H

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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