AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core 3 304
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Apr 2026
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
-
Core Architecture
Vermeer
Wildcat Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Intel Xe3 Graphics (1 Xe)
Generation
-
Core 3 (Wildcat Lake)
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
3 nm
Socket
AM4
Intel BGA 1516
Power Consumption
65 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100°C
Foundry
-
Intel
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
1
Performance Core Threads
24
2
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
1.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Total Core Count
12
5
Total Thread Count
24
5
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
15.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 KB
L2 Cache
512 K per core
2.5 MB
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Efficiency Cores
-
4
Efficiency Core Threads
-
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1400 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.3 GHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-6400, LPDDR5-6400X-7467
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
1
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
59.7 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,584
-
Cinebench R23
20,887
-
Geekbench 6
2,080
2,472
Geekbench 5
1,715
-
Geekbench 6
9,774
6,708
Geekbench 5
13,017
-
Blender
282
-
Passmark CPU
3,447
-
Passmark CPU
34,510
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