AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9 12900KF
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Processor Number
—
i9-12900KF
Package
Transistor Count
23.5 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
sTRX4
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
280 W
125 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
241 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
32
8
Performance Core Threads
64
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
32
16
Total Thread Count
64
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
32x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
14 MB shared
L3 Cache
128 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Efficiency Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.9 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
256 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
95.37 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
64
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,308
2,028
Cinebench R23
46,874
27,422
Geekbench 6
1,463
2,686
Geekbench 6
12,202
16,130
Passmark CPU
2,674
4,167
Passmark CPU
62,989
41,190
Geekbench 5
—
1,970
Geekbench 5
—
17,469
Blender
—
425
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.