CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 2600X

CORE STATE Zen

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.25 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Zen

nm

PROCESS 12 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,190

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

168

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,959

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

700

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,808

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,667

4,032

geekbench_multicore

5,257

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,243

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,785

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

13,133

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

7,581

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

38

121

passmark_floating_point_math

24,270

91,514

passmark_integer_math

47,377

127,512

passmark_multithread

13,893

33,608

passmark_physics

695

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

22,911

44,070

passmark_single_thread

2,381

4,003

passmark_singlethread

2,381

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 2600X

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.25

5.1 +20.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.25

5.1 +20.0%

Multiplier

36

24 -33.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

96 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

16 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

65 -31.6%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

Architecture

Architecture

Zen

Alder Lake

Codename

Zen

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 5 (Zen+ (Pinnacle Ridge))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

12 nm

10 nm

Transistors

4,800 million

—

Die Size

213 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

GlobalFoundries

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

46.9 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

AMD 300 Series, AMD 400 Series, AMD 500 Series

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

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 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

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$229

$519

Part Number

YD260XBCM6IAF YD260XBCAFBOX

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

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