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 i7-12700K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

9,276

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

2,065

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

4,011

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

7,202

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

9,979

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

1,043

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

2,947

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

415

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

12,281

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,733

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

29,241

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

4,128

geekbench_multicore

21,441

13,892

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

2,561

passmark_data_compression

896,544

446,595

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

23,408

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

28,885

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

114

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

88,035

passmark_integer_math

242,097

114,264

passmark_multithread

66,030

34,404

passmark_physics

3,279

1,790

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

45,805

passmark_single_thread

4,737

4,013

passmark_singlethread

4,737

4,013

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i7-12700K

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

32

20 -37.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.6 -16.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5 -12.3%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.6 -16.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5 -12.3%

Multiplier

43

36 -16.3%

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)

25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

125 -26.5%

PL1

—

190W

PL2

—

190W

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 i7 (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: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.9 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

$649

$409

Part Number

100-000001277

SRL4N

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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