AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i5 12600

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Intel Core i5 12600

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with 12 cores 4.4GHz and Intel Core i5 12600 with 6 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X '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 (4.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12600 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 120W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +20%

2232

Intel Core i5 12600

1853

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +144%

32626

Intel Core i5 12600

13367

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +31%

3342

Intel Core i5 12600

2536

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +86%

19527

Intel Core i5 12600

10456

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +21%

4648

Intel Core i5 12600

3814

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +153%

53832

Intel Core i5 12600

21246

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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Intel Core i5 12600

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

6

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44x

Multiplier

33x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

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

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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