AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9 12950HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jul 2019
May 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Processor Number
—
i9-12950HX
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
BGA-1964
Power Consumption
105 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
157 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
24
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
38x
23x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
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
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1550 MHz
Shader Units
—
256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
—
32
Power Consumption
—
45 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,306
1,962
Cinebench R23
18,454
21,471
Geekbench 6
1,842
2,546
Geekbench 5
1,319
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Geekbench 6
11,715
14,260
Geekbench 5
11,991
—
Cinebench 2024
78
—
Cinebench 2024
1,068
—
Passmark CPU
2,683
3,832
Passmark CPU
32,531
32,506
Blender
—
294
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.