Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
435
Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 840M
Generation
—
Ryzen AI 7 (Zen 5 (Gorgon Point))
Series
—
Ryzen AI 400 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP8
Power Consumption
125 W
15-54 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Foundry
—
TSMC
I/O Process Size
—
6 nm
Package
—
FP8
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
3
Performance Core Threads
16
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
3
Efficiency Core Threads
8
6
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
3.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
20
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
8 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
128 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
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
—
15-54
Max Resolution
—
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
AI Accelerator
NPU
—
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
—
50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,028
—
Cinebench R23
27,422
—
Geekbench 6
2,686
2,576
Geekbench 5
1,970
—
Geekbench 6
16,130
9,989
Geekbench 5
17,469
—
Blender
425
—
Passmark CPU
4,167
—
Passmark CPU
41,190
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.