AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i9 12900HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2020
May 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
No
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Processor Number
—
i9-12900HX
Package
Transistor Count
4.15 billions
—
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
BGA-1964
Power Consumption
105 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
157 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
16
8
Performance Core Threads
32
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
16
16
Total Thread Count
32
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
23x
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
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Efficiency Core Threads
—
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.6 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 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
5.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1550 MHz
Shader Units
—
256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
—
32
Power Consumption
—
45 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,684
1,904
Cinebench R23
28,782
20,977
Geekbench 6
2,218
2,519
Geekbench 5
1,819
1,896
Geekbench 6
13,903
14,447
Geekbench 5
18,397
16,154
Cinebench 2024
93
—
Cinebench 2024
1,494
—
Blender
—
280
Passmark CPU
—
3,874
Passmark CPU
—
34,632
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.