AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5 12600K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2022
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Raphael
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
AMD Radeon™ Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Processor Number
—
i5-12600K
Package
Manufacturing Process
5 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM5
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
170 W
125 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
—
150 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
6
Performance Core Threads
24
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.7 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
12
10
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
47x
37x
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
9728 K shared
L3 Cache
64 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
—
4
Efficiency Core Threads
—
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.6 GHz
L1 Cache
—
80 K per core
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
83.2 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
—
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
1450 MHz
Shader Units
—
256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
—
32
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
24
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,033
1,908
Cinebench R23
29,242
17,648
Geekbench 6
2,942
2,548
Geekbench 5
2,277
—
Geekbench 6
19,092
12,188
Geekbench 5
20,503
—
Passmark CPU
4,317
3,956
Passmark CPU
52,013
27,733
Blender
—
278
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.