AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Intel Core i9 12900

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 8600G with 6 cores 4.3GHz and Intel Core i9 12900 with 16 cores 2.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-5200 vs DDR5-4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 2.4GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 65W)

Intel Core i9 12900's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

2484

Intel Core i9 12900 +9%

2727

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

11442

Intel Core i9 12900 +17%

13396

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

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Intel Core i9 12900

General Parameters

Jan 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 4 (Phoenix)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Radeon 760M

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

25 billions

Transistor Count

-

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

45-65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

72 °C

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

178 mm²

Die Size

215 mm²

FC-LGA1718

Package

FC-LGA16A

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

4.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

5 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1800 MHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

6

Total Core Count

16

12

Total Thread Count

24

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

43x

Multiplier

24.0

64K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1MB per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

16MB shared

L3 Cache

30 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

256GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

384

Shader Units

-

24

Texture Units

-

16

Raster Operation Units

-

6

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

4.06 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 8600G

Official Website

-

4.0

PCIe Version

5

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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