AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i9 12900F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X with 4 cores 3.5GHz and Intel Core i9 12900F with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Intel Core i9 12900F 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2933)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

1201

Intel Core i9 12900F +114%

2572

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

3337

Intel Core i9 12900F +310%

13687

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

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Intel Core i9 12900F

General Parameters

Sep 2018

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen+

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

-

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

4

Performance Core Threads

16

3.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1800 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

4

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

35x

Multiplier

24.0

128 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

64 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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