Intel Core i9 12900F vs AMD EPYC 8435P
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Server
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Sorano
Integrated Graphics
N/A
N/A
Generation
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
EPYC (Zen 5 (Sorano))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
AMD Socket SP6
Power Consumption
65 W
200 W
Peak Operating Temperature
72 °C
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Foundry
Intel
TSMC
Die Size
215 mm²
8x70.6 mm²
Package
FC-LGA16A
FC-LGA4844
Transistor Count
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66.52 billions
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
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Performance Core Threads
16
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.45 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1800 MHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
48
Total Thread Count
24
96
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
24.5
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
1.25 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
256 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Channels
2
6
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
307.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
5
PCIe Lanes
20
96
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,988
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Cinebench R23
26,455
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Geekbench 6
2,572
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Geekbench 6
13,687
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.