CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.4 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 120W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900T

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1400 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

12,490

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,512

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,885

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,002

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

13,795

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,269

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

4,811

2,536

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

679

357

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

20,049

10,567

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,830

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

47,737

25,160

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

6,739

3,552

geekbench_multicore

20,572

11,615

geekbench_singlecore

3,336

2,259

passmark_data_compression

685,074

345,021

passmark_data_encryption

33,282

20,750

passmark_extended_instructions

55,426

20,054

passmark_find_prime_numbers

544

116

passmark_floating_point_math

119,622

75,741

passmark_integer_math

179,727

108,211

passmark_multithread

56,154

29,601

passmark_physics

5,340

1,811

passmark_random_string_sorting

71,864

39,771

passmark_single_thread

4,646

3,810

passmark_singlethread

4,646

3,810

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9900X3D

i9-12900T

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.4

1,400 +31718.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.9 -10.9%

Frequency (GHz)

4.4

1,400 +31718.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.9 -10.9%

Multiplier

44

14 -68.2%

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

128 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

120

35 -70.8%

PL1

—

35W

PL2

—

106W

PPT

230 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 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1000 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$599

$489

Part Number

100-000001386

SRL4M

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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