Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 8050S
Generation
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Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP11
Power Consumption
125 W
55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Foundry
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TSMC
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
24
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
0
Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
12
Total Thread Count
24
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
32
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
—
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
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true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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2800 MHz
Shader Units
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2048
Texture Units
—
128
Raster Operation Units
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64
Execution Units
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32
Power Consumption
—
45-120
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,028
2,172
Cinebench R23
27,422
30,768
Geekbench 6
2,686
2,909
Geekbench 5
1,970
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Geekbench 6
16,130
18,560
Geekbench 5
17,469
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Blender
425
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Passmark CPU
4,167
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Passmark CPU
41,190
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Cinebench 2024
—
134
Cinebench 2024
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1,731
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.