AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9 12900TE

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600

Intel Core i9 12900TE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 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 3600 '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 6 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 4.0)

Lower TDP (35W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

1640

Intel Core i9 12900TE +56%

2559

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

7084

Intel Core i9 12900TE +77%

12563

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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Intel Core i9 12900TE

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Matisse

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

-

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

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.1 GHz

4.2 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

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

11.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

14 MB

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 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 3600

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900TE

4.0

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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