AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 12450H

[ VERDICT ] Winner: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (97/100)

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Intel Core i5 12450H (46/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

97/100
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Intel Core i5 12450H
Intel

Intel Core i5 12450H

46/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 95.0 Excellent WINNER 62.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Base Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 192MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 43x 20x
P-Cores 16 4
P-Threads 32 8
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 32 12
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No
Base Frequency (E) — 1.5 GHz
E-Cores — 4
E-Threads — 4
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 3.3 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 10459 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 558 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Background blur 90.2 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Clang compilation 240.9 Klines/sec 57.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2030 MB/sec 719.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 460.9 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 570.9 Mpixels/sec 238.8 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 160.1 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 56.9 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 361 pages/sec 230.7 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Alder Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics UHD Graphics (48EU)
Model number 9950X3D2 i5-12450H
Released March 26, 2026 January 4, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Amd Intel
Successor — -Intel Core 5 210H

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600 - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Official Site AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 official page Intel Core i5 12450H official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 28
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Fabrication Process 4 nm 10 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 270 W 95 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 100°C
Socket AM5 BGA-1744
TDP (PL1) 200 W 35-45 W (configurable)

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Blender / Watt 3.74 PPW 2.57 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12.6 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 135.6 PPW 188.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 363.9 PPW 353.2 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Execution Units 2 48
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2200 MHz 1200 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
ROPs 4 12
Shading Units 128 384
TGP 15 W 15 W
TMUs 8 24

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Data compression — 190.5 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 10.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 11.7B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 44M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 40 GOps/sec
Integer math — 54.1 GOps/sec
Physics — 853 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 20.5M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Intel Core i5 12450H
Date — Benchmark
📘 2024-01-30(black lee) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-08(Raj) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-23(atlas) — GeekBench
📘 2026-04-03(Burnt_T0ast) — GeekBench
📘 2026-04-16->dmytrokobzar — GeekBench

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