Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 4 (Raphael)
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
5 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
90 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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13.1 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
—
Efficiency Core Threads
8
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
12
Total Thread Count
24
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
37x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 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
5.0
PCIe Lanes
20
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
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128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
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2
Power Consumption
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15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,028
2,034
Cinebench R23
27,422
29,358
Geekbench 6
2,686
2,946
Geekbench 5
1,970
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Geekbench 6
16,130
17,413
Geekbench 5
17,469
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Blender
425
463
Passmark CPU
4,167
4,149
Passmark CPU
41,190
48,837
Cinebench 2024
—
111
Cinebench 2024
—
1,525
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.