CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,552

9,860

3dmark_2_threads

2,519

2,112

3dmark_4_threads

4,886

4,132

3dmark_8_threads

9,114

7,551

3dmark_max_threads

13,929

11,586

3dmark_single_thread

1,286

1,069

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,680

3,510

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

660

495

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

19,503

14,626

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,753

2,064

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

46,438

34,825

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,555

4,916

geekbench_multicore

19,827

14,895

geekbench_singlecore

3,341

2,600

passmark_data_compression

683,579

537,785

passmark_data_encryption

33,421

29,502

passmark_extended_instructions

55,243

33,779

passmark_find_prime_numbers

436

142

passmark_floating_point_math

120,083

105,558

passmark_integer_math

181,056

138,932

passmark_multithread

54,643

40,970

passmark_physics

3,381

2,098

passmark_random_string_sorting

72,013

57,177

passmark_single_thread

4,672

4,144

passmark_singlethread

4,672

4,144

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X

i9-12900KF

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

3.2 -27.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.2 -7.1%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

3.2 -27.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.6

5.2 -7.1%

Multiplier

44

32 -27.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1 MB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

125 +4.2%

PL1

—

241W

PL2

—

241W

PPT

162 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Alder Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

10 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

X870E, X870, B850, B840, X670E, X670, B650E, B650, A620

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$564

Part Number

100-000000662

SRL4J

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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