AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9 12900
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2018
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
-
Core Architecture
Zen+
Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics
N/A
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
-
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
105 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
85 °C
72 °C
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
215 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.3 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
24.0
L1 Cache
96 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2933
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
43.71 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,102
1,988
Cinebench R23
10,106
26,454
Geekbench 6
1,151
2,727
Geekbench 5
1,068
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Geekbench 6
5,763
13,396
Geekbench 5
7,310
-
Passmark CPU
2,401
-
Passmark CPU
17,559
-
Blender
-
183