AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX vs Intel Core i9 12900
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 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
19.2 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
12 nm
10 nm
Socket
sTR4
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
250 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
68 °C
72 °C
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
215 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
24
8
Performance Core Threads
48
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.2 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
24
16
Total Thread Count
48
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
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
64 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
2048 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
87.42 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,159
1,988
Cinebench R23
26,292
26,454
Geekbench 6
1,297
2,727
Geekbench 5
1,064
-
Geekbench 6
8,391
13,396
Geekbench 5
11,876
-
Passmark CPU
2,319
-
Passmark CPU
29,986
-
Blender
-
183