Intel Core i9 12900HK vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Mar 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i9-12900HK
9950X3D
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
BGA-1744
AM5
Power Consumption
35-45 W
170 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
—
16.6 billions
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
12
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
—
Total Core Count
14
16
Total Thread Count
20
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
25x
43
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
768
128
Texture Units
48
8
Raster Operation Units
24
4
Execution Units
96
2
Power Consumption
15 W
15
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
28
28
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,934
2,240
Cinebench R23
18,257
42,369
Geekbench 6
2,361
3,473
Geekbench 5
1,793
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Geekbench 6
12,172
22,539
Geekbench 5
13,317
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Blender
253
808
Passmark CPU
3,676
4,731
Passmark CPU
27,949
70,009
Cinebench 2024
—
142
Cinebench 2024
—
2,448
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.