AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i5 12500T

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Intel Core i5 12500T

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X with 32 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i5 12500T with 6 cores 2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (95.37GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12500T 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 2 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (35W vs 280W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

1463

Intel Core i5 12500T +60%

2341

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X +38%

12202

Intel Core i5 12500T

8784

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

78

Intel Core i5 12500T +29%

101

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

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Intel Core i5 12500T

General Parameters

Nov 2019

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

sTRX4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

23.5 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

280 W

Power Consumption

35 W

68 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

163 mm²

CPU Performance

32

Performance Cores

-

64

Performance Core Threads

-

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2 GHz

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

32

Total Core Count

6

64

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

37x

Multiplier

20.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

128 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

256 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

95.37 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500T

4.0

PCIe Version

5

64

PCIe Lanes

20

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