AMD Ryzen 5 40 vs Intel Core i9 12900
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2025
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Mendocino
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 610M
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Manufacturing Process
6 nm
10 nm
Socket
AMD Socket FT6
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
15 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95°C
72 °C
Foundry
TSMC
Intel
Die Size
100 mm²
215 mm²
Package
FT6
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
4
16
Total Thread Count
8
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
28.0
24.0
L1 Cache
64 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 KB per core
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
1
1
Performance Cores
-
8
Performance Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5-5500
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Channels
2
2
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
76.8 GB/s
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3
5
PCIe Lanes
4
20
📊 Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,396
2,727
Geekbench 6
4,022
13,396
Cinebench R23
-
1,988
Cinebench R23
-
26,454
Blender
-
183