AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D vs Intel Core i5 12600KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Intel Core i5 12600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D with 12 cores 4.4GHz 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 9900X3D 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 11 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)

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

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 125W)

Score

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

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Intel Core i5 12600KF

General Parameters

Sep 2024

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600KF

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

No

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 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

12

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.6 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

12

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44x

Multiplier

37x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

12 MB

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

128 MB

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

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

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

2

Execution Units

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600KF

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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