AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 with 4 cores 3.1GHz and Intel Core i9 12900K with 16 cores 32GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 1200 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

833

Intel Core i9 12900K +143%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3010

Intel Core i9 12900K +811%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1216

Intel Core i9 12900K +116%

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3709

Intel Core i9 12900K +358%

17004

Blender

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

42

Intel Core i9 12900K +857%

402

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

928

Intel Core i9 12900K +112%

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

3042

Intel Core i9 12900K +459%

17028

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

1924

Intel Core i9 12900K +116%

4173

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

6284

Intel Core i9 12900K +558%

41390

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Jul 2017

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

31x

Multiplier

32x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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