Intel Core i3-12300T vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i3 AMD Ryzen 9
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 7000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 6
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i3-11300T AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 8 12 / 24
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 3.80 GHz
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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
  Intel UHD Graphics 730 AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz 2.20 GHz
• Execution units
  24 2
• Shader
  192 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  12 9
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 7900 and Intel Core i3-12300T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 24
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-12300T and AMD Ryzen 9 7900 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  69 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-12300T and Intel Core i3-12300T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
• L2-Cache
  5.00 MB 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 64.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Raphael (Zen 4)
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM5 (LGA 1718)
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023