AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9 12900HK
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
No
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Processor Number
—
i9-12900HK
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
BGA-1744
Power Consumption
105 W
35-45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
90°C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
115 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
6
Performance Core Threads
24
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.8 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
12
14
Total Thread Count
24
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
25x
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
24 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Efficiency Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.8 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
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
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1450 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
24
Execution Units
—
96
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,670
1,934
Cinebench R23
22,046
18,257
Geekbench 6
2,235
2,361
Geekbench 6
12,589
12,172
Cinebench 2024
94
—
Cinebench 2024
1,189
—
Passmark CPU
3,470
3,676
Passmark CPU
39,196
27,949
Geekbench 5
—
1,793
Geekbench 5
—
13,317
Blender
—
253
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.