Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2022	Mar 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number	i9-12900KS	9950X3D
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Radeon Graphics
Generation		Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Series		Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	AM5
Power Consumption	150 W	170 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Transistor Count		16.6 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		230 W
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		2x70.6 mm²
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
Package		FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	5.7 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Total Core Count	16	16
Total Thread Count	24	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	34x	43
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	14 MB shared	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	128 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Performance Core Threads		32
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	192 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	2200 MHz
Shader Units	256	128
Texture Units	16	8
Raster Operation Units	8	4
Execution Units	32	2
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	28
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2082	2240
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27796	42369
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2559	3473
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15546	22539
Passmark CPU Single Core	4357	4731
Passmark CPU Multi Core	44470	70009