AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS and Intel Core i5-12600H processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Intel Core i5-12600H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 16% higher clock speed: 5.2 GHz vs 4.50 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3898 vs 3536
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 30333 vs 22141

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	Jan 2023 vs Jan 2022
Maximum frequency	5.2 GHz vs 4.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3898 vs 3536
PassMark - CPU mark	30333 vs 22141

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-12600H

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
Around 88% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
1966080x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	12 vs 8
L1 cache	960 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	15 MB vs 1MB (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-12600H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3898

3536

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

30333

22141

Name	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	Intel Core i5-12600H
PassMark - Single thread mark	3898	3536
PassMark - CPU mark	30333	22141
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	7717

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	Intel Core i5-12600H
Essentials
Launch date	Jan 2023	Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	344	335
Architecture codename		Alder Lake
Launch price (MSRP)		$311
Processor Number		i5-12600H
Series		12th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	4 GHz
Die size	178 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	960 KB
L2 cache	1MB (per core)	15 MB
L3 cache	16MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	100°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	5.2 GHz	4.50 GHz
Number of cores	8	12
Number of threads	16	16
Transistor count	25,000 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)		18 MB
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5-5600 MHz, Dual-channel	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	54 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP8	FCBGA1744
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Package Size		50 x 25
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 4, 20 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		28
Graphics
Device ID		0x46A6
Execution Units		80
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.40 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)