AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5 12500E
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i5 12500E with 6 cores 2.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages
Released 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 2.9GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i5 12500E 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 5.0)
Lower TDP (65W vs 170W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
+81%
2942
Intel Core i5 12500E
1625
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
+138%
19092
Intel Core i5 12500E
8002
General Parameters
Sep 2022
Release Date
Jan 2022
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Raphael
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
AM5
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
AMD Radeon™ Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
-
Generation
Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
170 W
Power Consumption
65 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
-
Foundry
Intel
-
Die Size
163 mm²
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
-
24
Performance Core Threads
-
4.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.9 GHz
5.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.5 GHz
12
Total Core Count
6
24
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
47x
Multiplier
29
-
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
12 MB shared
L2 Cache
7.5 MB
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
18 MB
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
-
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
128 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
83.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
-
Execution Units
32
