CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 240

CORE STATE Hawk Point

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 4

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,934

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

272

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

8,059

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,137

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

19,189

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,709

4,032

passmark_data_compression

262,654

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

15,563

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

19,302

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

78

121

passmark_floating_point_math

44,825

91,514

passmark_integer_math

74,401

127,512

passmark_multithread

22,576

33,608

passmark_physics

1,115

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

31,263

44,070

passmark_single_thread

3,533

4,003

passmark_singlethread

3,533

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 240

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

5.1 +2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

5.1 +2.0%

Multiplier

43

24 -44.2%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

16 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

45

65 +44.4%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

Configurable TDP

35-54 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 4

Alder Lake

Codename

Hawk Point

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

10 nm

Transistors

25,000 million

—

Die Size

178 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket FP8

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610, H610E, Z790, H770, B760

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

AI/NPU

XDNA NPU

16 TOPS

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon 760M

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Mobile

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$519

Part Number

100-000001727

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

FP8, FP7, FP7r2

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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