Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 1500X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 1
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900KF -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 1000 Series

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

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  16 4
• CPU Threads
  24 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 3.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.3 GHz

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 None

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 1500X and Intel Core i9-12900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  256 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  20 20
• PCIe version
  5.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0 x16
• System Memory Specification
  - 2667

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s -
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Summit Ridge (Zen)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  3.75 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  30 MB 16 MB
• Part Number
  BX8071512900KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 2017-04-11
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Technology
  10 nm 14nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Summit Ridge
• L1-Cache
  - 0.375 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - YD150XBBAEBOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - YD150XBBAEMPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - YD150XBBM4GAE
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit