Intel Core i9 12900F vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435G
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Mar 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Gorgon Point
Integrated Graphics
N/A
Radeon 840M
Generation
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Ryzen AI 400 (Zen 5 / Zen 5c)
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 1700
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
72 °C
95°C
Foundry
Intel
TSMC
Die Size
215 mm²
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Package
FC-LGA16A
FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
16
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1800 MHz
2000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
3.4 GHz
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
24.0
20.0
L1 Cache
80 KB per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
1.25 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
4 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5
4
PCIe Lanes
20
10
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,988
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Cinebench R23
26,455
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Geekbench 6
2,572
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Geekbench 6
13,687
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