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Intel Core i9 12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900H
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
Intel Core i9 12900H
AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7745HX and 12900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2763 vs 2397 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 12900H
vs
Ryzen 7 7745HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (157th and 140th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H
11964
Ryzen 7 7745HX +14%
13662
File compression 898.1 MB/sec 1360 MB/sec
Clang compilation 97.6 Klines/sec 118.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 241.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 325.3 Mpixels/sec 385.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.3 pages/sec 284.5 pages/sec
Background blur 52.7 images/sec 64 images/sec
Photo processing 94.2 images/sec 88.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.8 Mpixels/sec 25.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 626 & 709 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H
26596
Ryzen 7 7745HX +22%
32315
Integer math 91.3 GOps/sec 104.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 66 GOps/sec 63.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 104M Primes/sec 156M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.4M Strings/sec 44.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18 GBytes/sec 22.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 308.2 MBytes/sec 378.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.4B Matrices/sec 28.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3998 & 422 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 12900H
210.35
Ryzen 7 7745HX +16%
243.71

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.9 PPW 14.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 265.9 PPW 182.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 591 PPW 430.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.67 PPW 3.25 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 12900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (Robert L)Cinebench 2024104 / 765
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta)Cinebench 2024107 / 984
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AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorCinebench 2026599 / 4170
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorGeekbench 7 CPU2533 / 15079
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> DrmatorGeekbench 6 CPU2835 / 13957
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900H and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i9-12900H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS - Intel Core i7 13650HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V -
Intel CPU rating (#115th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#62nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FL1
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (152nd and 92nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 12900H +267%
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7745HX
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 12900H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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