AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i3 12300

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Intel Core i3 12300

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i3 12300 with 4 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.5GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 12MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i3 12300 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 5.0)

Lower TDP (60W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +27%

2119

Intel Core i3 12300

1656

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +97%

16284

Intel Core i3 12300

8249

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +48%

3331

Intel Core i3 12300

2247

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +104%

15031

Intel Core i3 12300

7359

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i3 12300

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 730

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Generation

Core i3 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

60 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

163 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

4

12

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39

Multiplier

35

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

5 MB

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

2

Execution Units

24

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Official Website

Intel Core i3 12300

5.0

PCIe Version

5

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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