Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KF	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 8400F
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2021	May 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Processor Number	i9-12900KF
Integrated Graphics	No	No
Generation		Ryzen 5 (Zen 4 (Phoenix))
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	AM5
Power Consumption	125 W	45-65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	241 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	95 °C
Transistor Count		25 billions
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		178 mm²
Package		FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.2 GHz	4.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.1 GHz	4.7 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	42
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	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	83.2 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2028	1691
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27422	13361
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2686	2500
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	16130	10760
Passmark CPU Single Core	4167	3553
Passmark CPU Multi Core	41190	23127