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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i9-12900KS. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
2022-04-20
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
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Intel Core i9-12900KS
Intel Core i9-12900KS

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D or Intel Core i9-12900KS? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a base frequency of 3.4 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 105 W. Released in 2022-04-20.

Intel Core i9-12900KS has a base frequency of 3.20 GHz. 16 / 24 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 125 W. Released in Q2/2022.

Differences

  • Higher clock speed

    Around 6% better clock speed

    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    105 W left arrow 125 W
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    262 left arrow place
  • More number of cores

    8 more cores

    16 left arrow 8
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 22 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5.50 GHz left arrow 4.5 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-12900KS CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    296 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    1 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    396 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    2 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    747 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    4 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 5000 left arrow Intel Core i 12000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow Intel Core i9
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 12
  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 5000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    - left arrow 8x Golden Cove
  • B-Core
    - left arrow 8x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    3.4 GHz left arrow 3.2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 16
  • CPU Threads
    16 left arrow 24
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.5 GHz left arrow 5.5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    4.2 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
    - left arrow 5 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 32
  • Generation
    - left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow 1450 MHz
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 3
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q4/2021
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 10 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900KS and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    128 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
  • PCIe
    PCIe 4.0 left arrow 5.0 x 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel Core i9-12900KS Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    105 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    90 °C left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    105 W left arrow 125 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 241 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Intel Core i9-12900KS, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Vermeer (Zen 3) left arrow Alder Lake S
  • Codename
    Vermeer left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    4 MB left arrow 14 MB
  • L3-Cache
    96 MB left arrow 30 MB
  • Part Number
    - left arrow BX8071512900K
  • Release date
    2022-04-20 left arrow Q2/2022
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow LGA 1700
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 10 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsAMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Intel Core i9-12900KSResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 221.38566 samples/min Submissions: 43 396.030374 samples/min Submissions: 5 +78.9 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 208.927487 samples/min Submissions: 115 371.106494 samples/min Submissions: 9 +77.6 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 201.602673 samples/min Submissions: 81 356.930716 samples/min Submissions: 7 +77.0 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 199.315512 samples/min Submissions: 103 345.313218 samples/min Submissions: 11 +73.2 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 206.14405 samples/min Submissions: 54 275.144384 samples/min Submissions: 7 +33.5 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 204.632802 samples/min Submissions: 179 385.463033 samples/min Submissions: 17 +88.4 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

More results: 3

Intel Core i9-12900KS

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 7597.91817 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 48 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / PRIME B450M-A II
Duration: 131.615 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 21 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-12900KS 6748.822331 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.22.2 / 1M / 21 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASRock / Z690 Extreme
Duration: 148.174 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

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