AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

Intel Core i9 12900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D with 6 cores 3.3GHz 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 5600X3D 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 9 months late

Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

1402

Intel Core i9 12900K +44%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

10232

Intel Core i9 12900K +168%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

2089

Intel Core i9 12900K +25%

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

9119

Intel Core i9 12900K +86%

17004

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

159

Intel Core i9 12900K +165%

422

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

1595

Intel Core i9 12900K +23%

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

8392

Intel Core i9 12900K +102%

17028

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

3224

Intel Core i9 12900K +29%

4173

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

22039

Intel Core i9 12900K +87%

41390

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Jul 2023

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5(Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

4.4 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

12

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

96 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

No

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

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

4

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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