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 i9-12900

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,263

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,543

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,958

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

9,298

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

16,780

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,293

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

5,657

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

4,032

geekbench_multicore

21,441

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

121

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

91,514

passmark_integer_math

242,097

127,512

passmark_multithread

66,030

33,608

passmark_physics

3,279

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

44,070

passmark_single_thread

4,737

4,003

passmark_singlethread

4,737

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

24 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.4 -44.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.1 -10.5%

Multiplier

43

24 -44.2%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

65 -61.8%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

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

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

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

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610, H610E, Z790, H770, B760

PCIe

Gen 5, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 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

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$519

Part Number

100-000001277

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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