AMD Ryzen 5 5600F vs Intel Core i9 12900F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2025
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
No
N/A
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
72 °C
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
74 mm²
215 mm²
I/O Process Size
12 nm
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I/O Die Size
125 mm²
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Package
µOPGA-1331
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
6
16
Total Thread Count
12
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30
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
SMP
1
1
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
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
24
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,450
1,988
Cinebench R23
10,505
26,455
Geekbench 6
2,084
2,572
Geekbench 6
8,816
13,687
Cinebench 2024
86
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Cinebench 2024
610
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.