AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D vs Intel Core i9 12900KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Intel Core i9 12900KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 16 cores 4.2GHz and Intel Core i9 12900KF with 16 cores 3.2GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months 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 (4.2GHz vs 3.2GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 30MB)

Lower TDP (120W vs 125W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

2043

Intel Core i9 12900KF

2028

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +40%

38581

Intel Core i9 12900KF

27422

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +12%

3012

Intel Core i9 12900KF

2686

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +25%

20270

Intel Core i9 12900KF

16130

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

121

Intel Core i9 12900KF +4%

126

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +34%

2108

Intel Core i9 12900KF

1564

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +78%

681

Intel Core i9 12900KF

382

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +16%

2294

Intel Core i9 12900KF

1970

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +38%

24247

Intel Core i9 12900KF

17469

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

4148

Intel Core i9 12900KF

4167

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D +52%

62623

Intel Core i9 12900KF

41190

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

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Intel Core i9 12900KF

General Parameters

Jan 2023

Release Date

Oct 2021

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-12900KF

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

120 W

Power Consumption

125 W

162W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

241W

89°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

8

32

Performance Core Threads

16

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

5.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

5.1 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

-

Efficiency Core Threads

8

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.9 GHz

16

Total Core Count

16

32

Total Thread Count

24

100MHz

Bus Frequency

100MHz

42x

Multiplier

32x

64K per core

L1 Cache

64K per core

1MB per core

L2 Cache

14MB shared

128MB shared

L3 Cache

30MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory Size

128GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

True

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Official Website

Intel Core i9 12900KF

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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