Ryzen AI 9 365 vs i9-12900HX

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Aggregate performance score

Core i9-12900HX
2022
16 cores / 24 threads, 55 Watt
21.24
+18.2%
Ryzen AI 9 365
2024
10 cores / 20 threads, 28 Watt
17.97

Core i9-12900HX outperforms Ryzen AI 9 365 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking259344
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency36.5260.70
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-HX (2022)Strix Point (2024)
Release date10 May 2022 (2 years ago)July 2024 (recently)

Detailed specifications

Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads2420
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache30 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm4 nm
Die size215 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1964FP8
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5DDR5
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon 880M
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency1.55 GHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i9-12900HX and Ryzen AI 9 365.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2016

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i9-12900HX 21.24
+18.2%
Ryzen AI 9 365 17.97

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i9-12900HX 33744
+18.2%
Ryzen AI 9 365 28545

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i9-12900HX 9509
+12.6%
Ryzen AI 9 365 8446

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i9-12900HX 64621
+42.2%
Ryzen AI 9 365 45453

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i9-12900HX 17668
+23%
Ryzen AI 9 365 14361

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

i9-12900HX 7.83
Ryzen AI 9 365 6.7
+16.9%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

i9-12900HX 42
+34.8%
Ryzen AI 9 365 31

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i9-12900HX 3566
+48.4%
Ryzen AI 9 365 2403

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i9-12900HX 278
Ryzen AI 9 365 298
+7.2%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

i9-12900HX 3.35
Ryzen AI 9 365 3.55
+6%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

i9-12900HX 17.4
+38.6%
Ryzen AI 9 365 12.6

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i9-12900HX 9993
Ryzen AI 9 365 11937
+19.4%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i9-12900HX 186
+91.6%
Ryzen AI 9 365 97

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i9-12900HX 314
+21.3%
Ryzen AI 9 365 259

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i9-12900HX 16312
+25.4%
Ryzen AI 9 365 13009

Blender(-)

i9-12900HX 149
Ryzen AI 9 365 232
+56.1%

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i9-12900HX 1907
Ryzen AI 9 365 2080
+9.1%

7-Zip Single

i9-12900HX 6336
+6.9%
Ryzen AI 9 365 5928

7-Zip

i9-12900HX 86541
+33%
Ryzen AI 9 365 65071

WebXPRT 3

i9-12900HX 318
Ryzen AI 9 365 322
+1.4%

CrossMark Overall

i9-12900HX 2151
+26.8%
Ryzen AI 9 365 1696

WebXPRT 4 Overall

i9-12900HX 275
+6.2%
Ryzen AI 9 365 259

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

i9-12900HX 267
Ryzen AI 9 365 300
+12.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 21.24 17.97
Integrated graphics card 5.58 20.07
Physical cores 16 10
Threads 24 20
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 28 Watt

i9-12900HX has a 18.2% higher aggregate performance score, and 60% more physical cores and 20% more threads.

Ryzen AI 9 365, on the other hand, has 259.7% faster integrated GPU, and 96.4% lower power consumption.

The Core i9-12900HX is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen AI 9 365 in performance tests.


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