CPU Comparison

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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 i9-12900F

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

3,074

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

168

433

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,959

12,810

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

700

1,808

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,808

30,500

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,667

4,305

geekbench_multicore

5,257

13,818

geekbench_singlecore

1,243

2,533

passmark_data_compression

198,785

451,402

passmark_data_encryption

13,133

25,251

passmark_extended_instructions

7,581

28,265

passmark_find_prime_numbers

38

127

passmark_floating_point_math

24,270

96,452

passmark_integer_math

47,377

129,504

passmark_multithread

13,893

35,912

passmark_physics

695

1,842

passmark_random_string_sorting

22,911

48,477

passmark_single_thread

2,381

4,017

passmark_singlethread

2,381

4,017

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

5 2600X

i9-12900F

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, 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

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$229

$494

Part Number

YD260XBCM6IAF YD260XBCAFBOX

SRL4L

Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

95°C

100°C

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