Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 740M
Generation
—
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
45-65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
88 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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20.9 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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137 mm²
Package
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FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
2
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
35
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
14
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Base Frequency
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800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2800 MHz
Shader Units
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256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
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8
Execution Units
—
4
Power Consumption
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15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,028
1,794
Cinebench R23
27,422
11,521
Geekbench 6
2,686
2,716
Geekbench 5
1,970
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Geekbench 6
16,130
11,079
Geekbench 5
17,469
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Blender
425
195
Passmark CPU
4,167
3,889
Passmark CPU
41,190
21,637
Cinebench 2024
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108
Cinebench 2024
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686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.