CPU Comparison

A

AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

CORE STATE Vermeer

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 3

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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

2,906

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

410

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,110

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,709

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,834

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,070

4,032

passmark_data_compression

411,453

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

26,247

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

26,859

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

213

121

passmark_floating_point_math

69,124

91,514

passmark_integer_math

128,641

127,512

passmark_multithread

33,969

33,608

passmark_physics

1,697

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

43,386

44,070

passmark_single_thread

3,439

4,003

passmark_singlethread

3,439

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 5900

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

2.4 -20.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

5.1 +8.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3

2.4 -20.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

5.1 +8.5%

Multiplier

30

24 -20.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

512 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

64 MB

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

65 0.0%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

PPT

88 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 3

Alder Lake

Codename

Vermeer

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

7 nm

10 nm

Transistors

8,300 million

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Die Size

2x 74 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

51.2 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

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 4, 20 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

12 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$519

Part Number

100-000000062

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

—

100°C

Bundled Cooler

None

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