CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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i

Intel

INTEL

Core i5-12490F

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE —

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

5,923

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

1,727

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

3,133

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

4,811

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

5,936

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

946

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

1,730

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

244

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

7,211

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,018

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

17,171

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

2,424

geekbench_multicore

21,441

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

237,304

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

12,018

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

15,993

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

87

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

47,326

passmark_integer_math

242,097

60,548

passmark_multithread

66,030

20,202

passmark_physics

3,279

1,345

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

23,791

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,682

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,682

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i5-12490F

Core Specs

Cores

16

6 -62.5%

Threads

32

12 -62.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3 -30.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.6 -19.3%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3 -30.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.6 -19.3%

Multiplier

43

30 -30.2%

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

64 MB (shared)

20 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

65 -61.8%

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 i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

10 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

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Die Size

2x 70.6 mm²

163 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

89.6 GB/s

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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)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

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Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

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Part Number

100-000001277

SRL4X

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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