Product Compare

Intel Core i5 1230U vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2

	CPU Intel Core i5 1230U	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2
General Parameters
Release Date	Feb 2022	Mar 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-U	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i5-1230U	9950X3D2
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)	Radeon Graphics
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	AM5
Power Consumption	9 W	200 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		270 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	2	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.0 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.4 GHz	5.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Total Core Count	10	16
Total Thread Count	12	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	10x	43
L1 Cache	80 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	192 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Performance Core Threads		32
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	850 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	640	128
Texture Units	40	8
Raster Operation Units	20	4
Execution Units	80	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	14	28
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1848	3551
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	7169	24343