AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X vs Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Intel Core i9 12900K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X with 24 cores 4.2GHz 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 Threadripper 7960X 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (166.4GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i9 12900K 's Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 4.2GHz)

Lower TDP (125W vs 350W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +26%

3337

Intel Core i9 12900K

2631

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X +68%

28707

Intel Core i9 12900K

17004

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

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Intel Core i9 12900K

General Parameters

Oct 2023

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Storm Peak

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900K

AMD Socket sTR5

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 4 (Storm Peak))

Generation

-

Package

26.28 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

350 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

4x71 mm²

Die Size

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

388 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

8

-

Performance Core Threads

16

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3,2 GHz

5.3 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

24

Total Core Count

16

48

Total Thread Count

24

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

42x

Multiplier

32x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

24 MB

L2 Cache

14 MB shared

0 MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

1 TB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

4

Max Memory Channels

2

166.4 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

1550 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7960X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900K

5

PCIe Version

5.0

88

PCIe Lanes

20

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