AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX vs Intel Core i5 12600H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX, vs Intel Core i5 12600H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX and Intel Core i5 12600H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
1951
Intel Core i5 12600H
1768
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
34333
Intel Core i5 12600H
13730
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
113
Intel Core i5 12600H
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
1715
Intel Core i5 12600H
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
4062
Intel Core i5 12600H
3517
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
54927
Intel Core i5 12600H
21474
Integer Math209.3 GOps/s72.4 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math124.6 GOps/s52.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search286 M primes/s72 M primes/s
Random String Sort81.9 M strings/s28.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption43.1 GB/s15 GB/s
Data Compression714 MB/s252.2 MB/s
Physics2497 frames/s1264 frames/s
Extended Instructions524 M matrices/s148 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
2792
Intel Core i5 12600H
2343
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
15923
Intel Core i5 12600H
10489
File Compression1290 MB/s895.9 MB/s
Clang Compilation194.3 KLines/s75.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser247.1 pages/s259.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering430.6 MP/sec309.9 MP/sec
Text Processing280.3 pages/s229.9 pages/s
Background Blur61.1 frames/s46.9 frames/s
Photo Processing94.7 frames/s93.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing44.4 MP/sec16.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX
472.26
Intel Core i5 12600H
183.85

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 212.3 PPW 233.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 732.4 PPW 477.2 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 22.9 PPW n/a
Blender / W 6.3 PPW 4.09 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 4, 2023 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Dragon Range) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12600H
Integrated GPU Radeon 610M Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 4
Threads 32 8
Frequency 2.5 GHz 2.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count1612
Threads count3216
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier25x27x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count 13.1 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 55-75 W 35-45 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 95 W
Socket FL1 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX the clear winner in this comparison.

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