AMD Ryzen 5 3400G vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Intel Core i9 12900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with 4 cores 3.7GHz 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 5 3400G 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2933)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 12nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

1060

Intel Core i9 12900K +91%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

4776

Intel Core i9 12900K +474%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

1170

Intel Core i9 12900K +124%

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

3331

Intel Core i9 12900K +410%

17004

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

84

Intel Core i9 12900K +402%

422

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

966

Intel Core i9 12900K +103%

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

3901

Intel Core i9 12900K +336%

17028

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

2344

Intel Core i9 12900K +78%

4173

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

9281

Intel Core i9 12900K +345%

41390

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

VS

Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Picasso

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon RX Vega 11

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

4.9 billions

Transistor Count

-

12 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

45-65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

8

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

4.2 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

8

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

32x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

4 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2933

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

43.71 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1300 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

704

Shader Units

256

44

Texture Units

16

8

Raster Operation Units

8

11

Execution Units

32

65 W

Power Consumption

15 W

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

Max Resolution

-

1.746 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

8

PCIe Lanes

20

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