AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9 12900F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
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
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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
105 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90°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
12
8
Performance Core Threads
24
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
12
16
Total Thread Count
24
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
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
64 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
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,670
1,988
Cinebench R23
22,046
26,455
Geekbench 6
2,235
2,572
Geekbench 6
12,589
13,687
Cinebench 2024
94
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Cinebench 2024
1,189
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Passmark CPU
3,470
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Passmark CPU
39,196
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.