Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Athlon Gold 20
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 610M
Generation
-
Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
125 W
15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Threads
16
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
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Total Core Count
16
2
Total Thread Count
24
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,028
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Cinebench R23
27,422
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Geekbench 6
2,686
888
Geekbench 5
1,970
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Geekbench 6
16,130
1,822
Geekbench 5
17,469
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Blender
425
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Passmark CPU
4,167
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Passmark CPU
41,190
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