AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i5 1230U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Nov 2019
Feb 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 2
Alder Lake-U
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Processor Number
—
i5-1230U
Package
Transistor Count
3.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
105 W
9 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
2
Performance Core Threads
32
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
1.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
32
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
10x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
47.68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
14
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
850 MHz
Shader Units
—
640
Texture Units
—
40
Raster Operation Units
—
20
Execution Units
—
80
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,349
1,399
Cinebench R23
24,396
5,817
Geekbench 6
1,709
1,848
Geekbench 6
11,656
7,169
Cinebench 2024
72
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Cinebench 2024
1,325
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Passmark CPU
2,692
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Passmark CPU
38,953
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.