Intel Core i9 12900K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

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Intel Core i9 12900K AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i9 12900K with 16 cores 32GHz and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX with 32 cores 3.6GHz . 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

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)

Higher base frequency (32GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Lower TDP (125W vs 280W)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (128MB vs 30MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +37%

2028

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

1475

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K

27422

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +96%

53977

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +32%

2631

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

1992

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i9 12900K +21%

17004

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

13993

Blender

Intel Core i9 12900K

402

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX +123%

899

Intel Core i9 12900K

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX

General Parameters

Oct 2021

Release Date

Mar 2022

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Alder Lake

Core Architecture

Chagall PRO

i9-12900K

Processor Number

-

LGA-1700

Socket

AMD Socket WRX8

UHD Graphics 770

Integrated Graphics

N/A

-

Generation

Ryzen Threadripper (Zen 3 (Chagall))

Package

-

Transistor Count

16.6 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1700

Socket

AMD Socket WRX8

125 W

Power Consumption

280 W

100°C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

-

Foundry

TSMC

-

Die Size

4x81 mm²

-

I/O Process Size

14 nm

-

I/O Die Size

416 mm²

-

Package

sWRX8

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

-

16

Performance Core Threads

-

3,2 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.5 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

32

24

Total Thread Count

64

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

32x

Multiplier

36.0

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

14 MB shared

L2 Cache

512 K per core

30 MB shared

L3 Cache

128 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

8

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

-

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1550 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

256

Shader Units

-

16

Texture Units

-

8

Raster Operation Units

-

32

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

0.78 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i9 12900K

Official Website

-

5.0

PCIe Version

4

20

PCIe Lanes

128

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