Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Mar 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i5-12600KF
9950X3D
Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon Graphics
Generation
—
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series
—
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
170 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
230 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
—
16.6 billions
Foundry
—
TSMC
Die Size
—
2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
I/O Die Size
—
122 mm²
Package
—
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
16
Performance Core Threads
12
32
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
—
Efficiency Core Threads
4
—
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
—
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
—
Total Core Count
10
16
Total Thread Count
16
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
43
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
20
28
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2200 MHz
Shader Units
—
128
Texture Units
—
8
Raster Operation Units
—
4
Execution Units
—
2
Power Consumption
—
15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
2,240
Cinebench R23
17,648
42,369
Geekbench 6
2,597
3,473
Geekbench 5
1,839
—
Geekbench 6
12,937
22,539
Geekbench 5
11,626
—
Cinebench 2024
105
142
Cinebench 2024
909
2,448
Blender
273
808
Passmark CPU
3,934
4,731
Passmark CPU
27,408
70,009
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.