AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Intel Core i9 12900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X with 6 cores 4.7GHz 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 7600X 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 4.7GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

1951

Intel Core i9 12900K +3%

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

15204

Intel Core i9 12900K +80%

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +4%

2759

Intel Core i9 12900K

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

12453

Intel Core i9 12900K +36%

17004

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

115

Intel Core i9 12900K +8%

125

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

903

Intel Core i9 12900K +74%

1574

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X +11%

2200

Intel Core i9 12900K

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

11925

Intel Core i9 12900K +42%

17028

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

4211

Intel Core i9 12900K

4173

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

28663

Intel Core i9 12900K +44%

41390

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

5.3 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

47x

Multiplier

32x

-

L1 Cache

64 K per core

6 MB

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

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 7600X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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