Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

CPU Specs Compare

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Intel Core i9 12900KF

Intel 2021-10
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AMD Ryzen 5 240

AMD 2025-01

General Parameters

Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Processor Number
i9-12900KF
-
Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 760M

Package

Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP8
Power Consumption
125 W
35-54 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
241 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
Transistor Count
-
25 billions
Die Size
-
178 mm²

CPU Performance

Performance Cores
8
6
Performance Core Threads
16
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.1 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.4 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
-
Total Core Count
16
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
32x
43
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No

Memory Parameters

Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
120 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No

Miscellaneous

Official Website
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
2600 MHz
Shader Units
-
512
Texture Units
-
32
Raster Operation Units
-
16
Execution Units
-
8
Power Consumption
-
15

AI Accelerator

NPU
-
AMD Ryzen™ AI
Theoretical performance
-
16 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

Cinebench R23
2,028
-
Cinebench R23
27,422
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Geekbench 6
2,686
2,459
Geekbench 5
1,970
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Geekbench 6
16,130
10,511
Geekbench 5
17,469
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Blender
425
-
Passmark CPU
4,167
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Passmark CPU
41,190
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