AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i9 12900T

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i9 12900T

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 12900T with 16 cores 1.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.4GHz)

Intel Core i9 12900T 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (35W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

930

Intel Core i9 12900T +100%

1865

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6409

Intel Core i9 12900T +255%

22804

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

Intel Core i9 12900T +127%

2362

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

Intel Core i9 12900T +186%

12384

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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Intel Core i9 12900T

General Parameters

Apr 2017

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

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.4 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1000 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

14.0

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

64 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900T

3.0

PCIe Version

5

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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