AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i5 12490F

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X with 12 cores 3.7GHz and Intel Core i5 12490F with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

Intel Core i5 12490F's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

1670

Intel Core i5 12490F +7%

1796

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +76%

22046

Intel Core i5 12490F

12488

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

2235

Intel Core i5 12490F +24%

2782

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X +3%

12589

Intel Core i5 12490F

12192

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

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Intel Core i5 12490F

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12490F

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

No

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117W

90°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.8 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

0

-

Efficiency Core Threads

0

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

0 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

0 GHz

12

Total Core Count

6

24

Total Thread Count

12

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

37x

Multiplier

30x

64K per core

L1 Cache

80K per core

512K per core

L2 Cache

7.5MB

64MB shared

L3 Cache

20MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12490F

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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