CPU Comparison

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AMD

AMD

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

CORE STATE Matisse

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.8 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 64 MB

MAX TDP 105W

ARCHITECTURE Zen 2

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2019

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i

Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12950HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,788

2,712

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

393

382

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,618

11,301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,640

1,595

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

27,662

26,908

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,905

3,798

geekbench_multicore

9,924

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,708

N/A

passmark_data_compression

448,906

367,930

passmark_data_encryption

28,586

21,395

passmark_extended_instructions

29,221

22,163

passmark_find_prime_numbers

214

135

passmark_floating_point_math

58,434

80,402

passmark_integer_math

99,628

109,586

passmark_multithread

32,544

31,673

passmark_physics

1,794

2,084

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,300

41,209

passmark_single_thread

2,703

3,778

passmark_singlethread

2,703

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

9 3900X

i9-12950HX

Core Specs

Cores

12

16 +33.3%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.8

2.3 -39.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

5 +8.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.8

2.3 -39.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

5 +8.7%

Multiplier

38

23 -39.5%

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)

105

55 -47.6%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

157 W

PPT

142 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Zen 2

Alder Lake

Codename

Matisse

Alder Lake-HX

Generation

Ryzen 9 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Process Size

7 nm

10 nm

Transistors

7,600 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

—

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

AMD Socket AM4

Intel BGA 1964

Chipsets

A300, X300, A320, B350, X370, B450, X470, A520, B550, X570

HM670, WM690

PCIe

Gen 4, 24 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

12 nm

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$499

$590

Part Number

100-000000023100-100000023BOX100-100000023MPK

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Package

µOPGA-1331

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

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100°C

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