AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D vs Intel Core i5 12600K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D with 8 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i5 12600K with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.7GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (96MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (120W vs 125W)
Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
+35%
3457
Intel Core i5 12600K
2548
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D
+40%
17178
Intel Core i5 12600K
12188
General Parameters
Nov 2024
Release Date
Oct 2021
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Granite Ridge
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i5-12600K
AMD Socket AM5
Socket
LGA-1700
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Ryzen 7(Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Generation
-
Package
8.315 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
120 W
Power Consumption
125 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
95°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
-
70.6 mm²
Die Size
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
122 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
8
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
12
4.7 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
8
Total Core Count
10
16
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
47.0
Multiplier
37x
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
96 MB shared
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
2
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Graphics Performance
0.78 TFLOPS
