CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX

CORE STATE Dragon Range

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.5 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900F

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,305

3,074

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

607

433

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

17,939

12,810

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,532

1,808

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

42,713

30,500

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,030

4,305

passmark_data_compression

646,896

451,402

passmark_data_encryption

39,600

25,251

passmark_extended_instructions

47,600

28,265

passmark_find_prime_numbers

267

127

passmark_floating_point_math

118,280

96,452

passmark_integer_math

198,352

129,504

passmark_multithread

50,251

35,912

passmark_physics

2,027

1,842

passmark_random_string_sorting

74,420

48,477

passmark_single_thread

3,963

4,017

passmark_singlethread

3,963

4,017

geekbench_multicore

N/A

13,818

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,533

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 8945HX

i9-12900F

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

24 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.5

2.4 -4.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.4

5.1 -5.6%

Frequency (GHz)

2.5

2.4 -4.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.4

5.1 -5.6%

Multiplier

24

24 0.0%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

65 +18.2%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

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

—

1800 MHz 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

—

$494

Part Number

100-000001848

SRL4L

Package

µFC-BGAFL1

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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