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 i9-12900KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

16,374

9,860

3dmark_2_threads

2,549

2,112

3dmark_4_threads

4,963

4,132

3dmark_8_threads

9,259

7,551

3dmark_max_threads

17,184

11,586

3dmark_single_thread

1,292

1,069

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

6,018

3,510

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

849

495

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

25,079

14,626

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

3,540

2,064

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

59,712

34,825

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

8,430

4,916

geekbench_multicore

22,515

14,895

geekbench_singlecore

3,401

2,600

passmark_data_compression

908,421

537,785

passmark_data_encryption

44,536

29,502

passmark_extended_instructions

73,011

33,779

passmark_find_prime_numbers

613

142

passmark_floating_point_math

159,724

105,558

passmark_integer_math

243,209

138,932

passmark_multithread

70,255

40,970

passmark_physics

5,670

2,098

passmark_random_string_sorting

95,423

57,177

passmark_single_thread

4,737

4,144

passmark_singlethread

4,737

4,144

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 9950X3D

i9-12900KF

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

32

24 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.3

3.2 -25.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.2 -8.8%

Frequency (GHz)

4.3

3.2 -25.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.7

5.2 -8.8%

Multiplier

43

32 -25.6%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

170

125 -26.5%

PL1

—

241W

PL2

—

241W

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

—

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: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

6 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Graphics

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$699

$564

Part Number

100-000000719

SRL4J

Package

FC-LGA1718

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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