Intel Core i9 12900K vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900K with 16 cores 32GHz and AMD Ryzen 3 4300G with 4 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i9 12900K '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 43.71GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.8GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 4MB)

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Lower TDP (45W vs 125W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +74%

2631

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

1507

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +235%

17004

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

5071

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +76%

1970

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

1117

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +300%

17028

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

4256

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +63%

4173

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

2558

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +278%

41390

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

10948

Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

General Parameters

Oct 2021

Release Date

Jul 2020

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i9-12900K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1700

Socket

AM4

UHD Graphics 770

Integrated Graphics

Radeon Vega 6

Package

-

Transistor Count

4.9 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1700

Socket

AM4

125 W

Power Consumption

45-65 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

4

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3,2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4 GHz

8

Efficiency Cores

-

8

Efficiency Core Threads

-

2.4 GHz

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

-

3.9 GHz

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

-

16

Total Core Count

4

24

Total Thread Count

8

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

38x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

96 K per core

14 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

4 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

43.71 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1550 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1700 MHz

256

Shader Units

384

16

Texture Units

24

8

Raster Operation Units

8

32

Execution Units

6

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Max Resolution

3840x2160 - 60 Hz

0.78 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.85 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900K

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

20

PCIe Lanes

12

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