AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT vs Intel Core i5 12600KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Intel Core i5 12600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT with 16 cores 3.3GHz and Intel Core i5 12600KF with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 9 months late

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (105W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600KF 's Advantages

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

2331

Intel Core i5 12600KF +11%

2597

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +4%

13539

Intel Core i5 12600KF

12937

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

98

Intel Core i5 12600KF +7%

105

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +63%

1483

Intel Core i5 12600KF

909

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT +44%

394

Intel Core i5 12600KF

273

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

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Intel Core i5 12600KF

General Parameters

Jul 2024

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600KF

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

No

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Generation

-

Package

8.3 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

2x74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

125 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

33.0

Multiplier

37x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

64 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600KF

4

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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