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 i9-12950HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

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

2,712

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

798

382

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

23,571

11,301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,327

1,595

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

56,122

26,908

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

7,923

3,798

geekbench_multicore

21,441

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,386

N/A

passmark_data_compression

896,544

367,930

passmark_data_encryption

44,366

21,395

passmark_extended_instructions

71,564

22,163

passmark_find_prime_numbers

345

135

passmark_floating_point_math

159,063

80,402

passmark_integer_math

242,097

109,586

passmark_multithread

66,030

31,673

passmark_physics

3,279

2,084

passmark_random_string_sorting

94,368

41,209

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,778

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X

i9-12950HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

24 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

2.3 -46.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5 -12.3%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

2.3 -46.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5 -12.3%

Multiplier

43

23 -46.5%

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

55 -67.6%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

157 W

PPT

230 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 5

Alder Lake

Codename

Granite Ridge

Alder Lake-HX

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

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

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM5

Intel BGA 1964

Chipsets

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

HM670, WM690

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

—

1700 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

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$649

$590

Part Number

100-000001277

SRLGG

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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