AMD Ryzen 9 9950X vs Intel Core i7 12700TE
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16 cores 4.3GHz and Intel Core i7 12700TE with 12 cores 1.4GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 5 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.3GHz vs 1.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i7 12700TE 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 5.0)
Lower TDP (35W vs 170W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
+116%
3419
Intel Core i7 12700TE
1581
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
+228%
21762
Intel Core i7 12700TE
6634
General Parameters
Jun 2024
Release Date
Jan 2022
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
-
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
9950X
Processor Number
-
AM5
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
13.1 billions
Transistor Count
-
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
170 W
Power Consumption
35 W
230 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
-
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
-
Die Size
215 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
16
Performance Cores
8
32
Performance Core Threads
16
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.4 GHz
5.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.0 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
16
Total Core Count
12
32
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
43
Multiplier
14
80 K per core
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
12 MB
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
25 MB
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
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
1500 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
Shader Units
-
Texture Units
-
Raster Operation Units
-
2
Execution Units
32
Power Consumption
-
0 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
-
