Intel Core i5 12490F vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600
We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 12490F with 6 cores 3GHz and AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 1 months late
Integrated graphics card
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 5)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core i5 12490F
2466
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+31%
3240
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core i5 12490F
10268
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+44%
14815
General Parameters
Jan 2022
Release Date
Feb 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Alder Lake-S
Core Architecture
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
i5-12490F
Processor Number
-
Intel Socket 1700
Socket
AM5
N/A
Integrated Graphics
Radeon Graphics
Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)
Generation
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Package
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
65 W
117 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
Intel
Foundry
TSMC
163 mm²
Die Size
-
-
I/O Process Size
6 nm
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
6
12
Performance Core Threads
12
3 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.8 GHz
4.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
0
Efficiency Cores
-
0
Efficiency Core Threads
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
6
Total Core Count
6
12
Total Thread Count
12
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
30.0
Multiplier
38
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1.25 MB per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
20 MB shared
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
1
Memory Parameters
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR5-5600
128 GB
Max Memory Size
192 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
76.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
89.6 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
-
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2200 MHz
-
Execution Units
2
