AMD FX-4300 vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD FX-4300		Intel Core i9-12900HK
CPU comparison AMD FX-4300 or Intel Core i9-12900HK - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD FX-4300 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD FX-4300 was released in Q4/2012. The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900HK was released in Q1/2022.

AMD FX (30)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD FX-4300 (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 12000H (23)
2	Generation	12
Vishera (Bulldozer)	Architecture	Alder Lake H
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-13900HK

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD FX-4300 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.80 GHz. The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz).
AMD FX-4300	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
4	Cores	14
4	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.80 GHz	A-Core	2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Golden Cove
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont

NPU AI performance The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.
AMD FX-4300	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--
--	NPU + CPU + iGPU	--

Integrated graphics (iGPU) The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.45 GHz
--	GPU Generation	13
	Technology	10 nm
	Max. displays	4
--	Compute units	96
--	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
--	DirectX Version	12.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD FX-4300 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900HK can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD FX-4300	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
DDR3-1866	Memory	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	11.50 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	24.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	28
--	PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD FX-4300 has a TDP of 95 W, that of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is 45 W.
AMD FX-4300	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
95 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	115 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD FX-4300 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-12900HK cache has a total of 35.50 MB.

AMD FX-4300	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
32 nm	Technology	10 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
AM3+	Socket	BGA 1744
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2012	Release date	Q1/2022
85 $	Release price	635 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD FX-4300 (29%)

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD FX-4300 (14%)

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	511 (29%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1754 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1394 (11%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12662 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	4713 (16%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	28632 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1938 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	18197 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2426 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	11894 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	710 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	6892 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD FX-4300 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	260 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	182 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	224 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	739 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	257 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD FX-4300 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	2639 (100%)

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