AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i9 12900KF

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 12900KF with 16 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 30MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900KF 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

Intel Core i9 12900KF +73%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Intel Core i9 12900KF +308%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Intel Core i9 12900KF +62%

2686

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i9 12900KF +147%

16130

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i9 12900KF

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900KF

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

241 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.1 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

6

Total Core Count

16

6

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

-

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900KF

4

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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