Intel Core i9 12900K vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900K with 16 cores 32GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 5700 with 8 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900K Advantages

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Advantages

Released 6 months late

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +30%

2631

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

2014

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +97%

17004

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

8599

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900K +113%

402

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

188

Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700

General Parameters

Oct 2021

Release Date

Apr 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Cezanne

i9-12900K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1700

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

UHD Graphics 770

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen 7 (Zen 3 (Cezanne))

Package

-

Transistor Count

10.7 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1700

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

125 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

180 mm²

-

Package

µOPGA-1331

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3,2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

3.9 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

8

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

37.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 KB per core

14 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 KB per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

16 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1550 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

256

Shader Units

-

16

Texture Units

-

8

Raster Operation Units

-

32

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

0.78 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 5700

5.0

PCIe Version

3

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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