CPU Comparison

A

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

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i7-12700F

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.1 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

8,733

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

1,983

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

3,837

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

6,667

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

9,403

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

1,005

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

2,608

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

368

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

10,869

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,534

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

25,880

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

3,653

geekbench_multicore

21,441

11,821

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

2,394

passmark_data_compression

896,544

384,463

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

20,185

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

24,783

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

98

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

81,804

passmark_integer_math

242,097

107,013

passmark_multithread

66,030

30,445

passmark_physics

3,279

1,488

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

39,852

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,850

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,850

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i7-12700F

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

32

20 -37.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.1 -51.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.9 -14.0%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.1 -51.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

4.9 -14.0%

Multiplier

43

21 -51.2%

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)

25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

65 -61.8%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

180W

PPT

230 W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Alder Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

4 nm

10 nm

Transistors

16,630 million

—

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

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

1600 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$324

Part Number

100-000001277

SRL4R

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

Laminar RM1

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