Intel Core i9 12900F vs AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

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Intel Core i9 12900F

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900F with 16 cores 2.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G with 6 cores 4.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900F 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

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

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900F +10%

1988

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

1792

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900F +3%

2572

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

2476

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900F +21%

13687

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

11266

Intel Core i9 12900F

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AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Apr 2024

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake-S

Core Architecture

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Intel Socket 1700

Socket

AM5

N/A

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 760M

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Package

-

Transistor Count

25 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

4 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

72 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95°C

Intel

Foundry

TSMC

215 mm²

Die Size

178 mm²

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

2.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

4.3 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

1800 MHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

3.8 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

24.0

Multiplier

43

80 KB per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1.25 MB per core

L2 Cache

6 MB

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

Memory Types

DDR5-5200

-

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

83.2 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

800 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

2800 MHz

-

Shader Units

512

-

Texture Units

32

-

Raster Operation Units

16

-

Execution Units

8

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

2.87 TFLOPS

AI Accelerator

-

NPU

AMD Ryzen™ AI

-

Theoretical performance

16 TOPS

Miscellaneous

-

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 8600G

5

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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