AMD Ryzen 5 2500X vs Intel Core i9 12900E

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AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Intel Core i9 12900E

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 2500X with 4 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 12900E with 16 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 2.3GHz)

Intel Core i9 12900E 's Advantages

Released 3 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 12nm)

Lower TDP (35W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

1234

Intel Core i9 12900E +40%

1735

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

4269

Intel Core i9 12900E +142%

10366

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

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Intel Core i9 12900E

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

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.3 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.0 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.7 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

4

Total Core Count

16

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

23

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

14 MB

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB

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

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 2500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900E

3.0

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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