Intel Core i9 12900F vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Dec 2023
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 740M
Generation
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Hawk Point))
Instruction Set
—
x86-64
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
FP7
Power Consumption
65 W
15-30 W
Peak Operating Temperature
72 °C
100 °C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
Die Size
215 mm²
137 mm²
Package
FC-LGA16A
FP7, FP7r2
Transistor Count
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20.9 billions
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
2
Performance Core Threads
16
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
4
Efficiency Core Threads
8
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1800 MHz
3 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
32x
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1.25 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600, LPDDR5x-7500
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Size
—
256 GB
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
14
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2800 MHz
Shader Units
—
256
Texture Units
—
16
Raster Operation Units
—
8
Execution Units
—
4
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,988
1,789
Cinebench R23
26,455
10,405
Geekbench 6
2,572
2,445
Geekbench 6
13,687
9,182
Passmark CPU
—
3,759
Passmark CPU
—
18,276
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.