AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388 vs Intel Core i9 12900HX
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
May 2022
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 8060S
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Generation
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
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Series
Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
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Processor Number
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i9-12900HX
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
10 nm
Socket
Custom
BGA-1964
Power Consumption
45-120 W
45-55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
120 W
157 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.0 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36
23x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.6 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8000
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2900 MHz
1550 MHz
Shader Units
2560
256
Texture Units
160
16
Raster Operation Units
64
8
Execution Units
40
32
Power Consumption
45-120
45 W
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
AI Accelerator
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
-
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
-
1,904
Cinebench R23
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20,977
Geekbench 6
-
2,519
Geekbench 5
-
1,896
Geekbench 6
-
14,447
Geekbench 5
-
16,154
Blender
-
280
Passmark CPU
-
3,874
Passmark CPU
-
34,632