Intel Core i9 12900 vs AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon 8060S
Generation
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Zen 5 (Strix Halo)
Instruction Set
-
x86-64
Series
-
Ryzen AI Max 300 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
Custom
Power Consumption
65 W
45-120 W
Peak Operating Temperature
72 °C
100 °C
Foundry
Intel
-
Die Size
215 mm²
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Package
FC-LGA16A
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Max Turbo Power Consumption
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120 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
5.0 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1800 MHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
-
Total Core Count
16
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
36
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
1.25 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
-
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
256 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Max Memory Size
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128 GB
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
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2900 MHz
Shader Units
-
2560
Texture Units
-
160
Raster Operation Units
-
64
Execution Units
-
40
Power Consumption
-
45-120
AI Accelerator
NPU
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AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
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50 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,988
-
Cinebench R23
26,454
-
Geekbench 6
2,727
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Geekbench 6
13,396
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Blender
183
-