AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 vs Intel Core i5 12500
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Mar 2026
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Amd
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Alder Lake-S
Processor Number
9950X3D2
i5-12500
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
200 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
270 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
6
Performance Core Threads
32
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.3 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.6 GHz
4.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
43
30x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
192 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Max Memory Channels
—
2
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
400 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
1450 MHz
Shader Units
128
256
Texture Units
8
16
Raster Operation Units
4
8
Execution Units
2
32
Power Consumption
15
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
28
20
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
3,551
2,032
Geekbench 6
24,343
6,066
Cinebench R23
—
1,805
Cinebench R23
—
12,471
Geekbench 5
—
1,737
Geekbench 5
—
8,674
Blender
—
136
Passmark CPU
—
3,680
Passmark CPU
—
19,747
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.