AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i5 12500

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Intel Core i5 12500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i5 12500 with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 's Advantages

Released 1 years late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

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

Higher base frequency (4.2GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +13%

2043

Intel Core i5 12500

1805

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +209%

38581

Intel Core i5 12500

12471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +48%

3012

Intel Core i5 12500

2032

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +234%

20270

Intel Core i5 12500

6066

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +23%

119

Intel Core i5 12500

96

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +304%

659

Intel Core i5 12500

163

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +32%

2294

Intel Core i5 12500

1737

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +179%

24247

Intel Core i5 12500

8674

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +12%

4148

Intel Core i5 12500

3680

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +217%

62623

Intel Core i5 12500

19747

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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Intel Core i5 12500

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i5-12500

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

120 W

Power Consumption

65 W

162 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

-

89°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

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

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

448

Shader Units

256

8

Texture Units

16

4

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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