AMD Ryzen 9 7900 vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Intel Core i9 12900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900 with 12 cores 3.7GHz 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 9 7900 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

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

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

2034

Intel Core i9 12900K

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +7%

29358

Intel Core i9 12900K

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +11%

2946

Intel Core i9 12900K

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +2%

17413

Intel Core i9 12900K

17004

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

111

Intel Core i9 12900K +12%

125

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

1525

Intel Core i9 12900K +3%

1574

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +8%

456

Intel Core i9 12900K

422

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +9%

2148

Intel Core i9 12900K

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +5%

17950

Intel Core i9 12900K

17028

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

4149

Intel Core i9 12900K

4173

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900 +17%

48837

Intel Core i9 12900K

41390

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2021

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

90 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

8

24

Performance Core Threads

16

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

5.4 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

12

Total Core Count

16

24

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

32x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

64 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

400 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1550 MHz

128

Shader Units

256

8

Texture Units

16

4

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

0.56 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7900

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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