AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i9 12900
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2020
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 2 (Matisse)
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
No
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
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Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
95 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
72 °C
Foundry
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Intel
Die Size
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215 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
36x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
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8
Efficiency Core Threads
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8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.8 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,323
1,988
Cinebench R23
9,812
26,454
Geekbench 6
1,767
2,727
Geekbench 5
1,339
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Geekbench 6
7,554
13,396
Geekbench 5
7,577
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Blender
146
183
Passmark CPU
2,740
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Passmark CPU
18,504
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.