CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

CORE STATE Granite Ridge

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 32 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.3 Base / 5.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 128 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 170W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 5

nm

PROCESS 4 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core i7-12700

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 —

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,374

8,764

3dmark_2_threads

2,549

1,987

3dmark_4_threads

4,963

3,824

3dmark_8_threads

9,259

6,775

3dmark_max_threads

17,184

9,446

3dmark_single_thread

1,292

1,012

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,018

2,593

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

849

366

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

25,079

10,805

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,540

1,525

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

59,712

25,727

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,430

3,632

geekbench_multicore

22,515

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

3,401

N/A

passmark_data_compression

908,421

375,950

passmark_data_encryption

44,536

20,143

passmark_extended_instructions

73,011

24,184

passmark_find_prime_numbers

613

101

passmark_floating_point_math

159,724

81,191

passmark_integer_math

243,209

106,554

passmark_multithread

70,255

30,273

passmark_physics

5,670

1,558

passmark_random_string_sorting

95,423

38,970

passmark_single_thread

4,737

3,864

passmark_singlethread

4,737

3,864

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X3D

i7-12700

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

128 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

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$699

$349

Part Number

100-000000719

SRL4Q

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

Laminar RM1

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