Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KS vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS	CPU AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2022	Jun 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Amd
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	4 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	FP8
Power Consumption	150 W	15-35 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	3
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	5
Total Core Count	16	8
Total Thread Count	24	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	34x	20
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	14 MB shared	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Performance Core Threads		6
Efficiency Core Threads		10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.3 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	2900 MHz
Shader Units	256	1024
Texture Units	16	64
Raster Operation Units	8	40
Execution Units	32	16
Power Consumption	15 W	15
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2082	1953
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27796	14572
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2559	2753
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15546	11860
Passmark CPU Single Core	4357	4074
Passmark CPU Multi Core	44470	24157