AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i9-12900K Full Specs

Summary

16 Cores 32 Threads 4.5GHz	16 Cores(8P+8E) 24 Threads(16P+8E) 3.2GHz
TDP 170W	TDP 125W
Bandwidth 83.2GB/s DDR5	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s DDR5·DDR4
iGPU Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2	iGPU UHD 770 1550MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.13 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.59 TFLOPSFP16
Socket AM5	Socket LGA 1700

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi E-Core Boost Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 TDP

Ryzen 9 7950X2,986

x1.14

Core i9-12900K2,619

x1

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Core Config

16 Cores 16P -	16 Cores 8P 8E
32 Threads 32P -	24 Threads 16P 8E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.5GHz	Base Clock 3.2GHz
Boost Clock 5.7GHz	Boost Clock 5.2GHz
Overclocking Unlocked	Overclocking Unlocked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 32KB P 64KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 48KB P 32KB E
L2 1MB P -	L2 1.25MB P 4MB E shared
L3 64MB	L3 30MB

Memory

Type DDR5	Type DDR5·DDR4
Max Memory 192GB	Max Memory 128GB
ECC Yes	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 5200MT/s	Speed 4800MT/s
Bandwidth 83.2GB/s	Bandwidth 76.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate5200MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 83.2GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 76.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 170W	TDP 125W
Peak Power 230W	Peak Power 241W
Max Operating Temp 95°C Max	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max
Included Cooler 0	Included Cooler 0

Chipset Bus

Bus Type PCIe	Bus Type DMI
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config 8 lanes
Bus Speed 32GT/s	Bus Speed 16GT/s
Bus Bandwidth 16GB/s	Bus Bandwidth 16GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 5.0 x24 94.5GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 63GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon 2CU 2200MHz RDNA 2	iGPU UHD 770 1550MHz
Shaders 128	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 2.2GHz	Boost Clock 1.55GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.13 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.59 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -

NPU Model GNA 3.0

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Intel
ISA x86-64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Zen 4	Architecture Alder Lake
Family Ryzen 7000	Family Core 12th Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Raphael DurangoDie Raphael 2CCDVariant - -	Codename Alder Lake-HX - Alder Lake-8P-8EVariant Golden CoveP-Core GracemontE-Core
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Sep 27, 2022	Release Date Nov 4, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries TSMCIO	Other Foundries -
Fabrication Node N5 N6IO	Fabrication Node Intel 7 -
Die Size 142mm² 122mm²IO	Die Size 202mm² -
Transistor Count 13.1 Billion 3.4 BillionIO	Transistor Count 14.6 Billion -
Transistor Density 93 MTr/mm² 28 MTr/mm²IO	Transistor Density 72 MTr/mm² -

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Used In

Desktops -

Desktops XPS(XD8950, Late 2021)OMEN 40L(Mid 2022)OMEN 45L(Early 2022)

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