AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i9 12900TE

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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Intel Core i9 12900TE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i9 12900TE with 16 cores 1.1GHz . 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 1.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i9 12900TE 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 4 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

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

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4)

Lower TDP (35W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Intel Core i9 12900TE +55%

2559

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i9 12900TE +92%

12563

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i9 12900TE

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

Matisse

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

74 mm²

Die Size

215 mm²

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

4.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 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

6

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

11.0

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

14 MB

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Execution Units

32

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900TE

4

PCIe Version

5

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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