Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 5000G
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Ryzen
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900KF AMD Ryzen 5 4600G
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 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 3.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  16 6
• CPU Threads
  24 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5 GHz -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 4.2 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 Radeon Graphics
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 7
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 1900 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  - 7
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2020
• Shader
  - 448
• Technology
  - 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Intel Core i9-12900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4
• PCIe lanes
  20 24
• PCIe version
  5.0 3.0
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 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 -
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• Configurable TDP
  - 45-65 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Cezanne (Zen 3)
• 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 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  30 MB 16 MB
• Part Number
  BX8071512900KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 2021-04-13
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Technology
  10 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Cezanne
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000252BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - 100-100000252MPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000252
• Operating systems
  - Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth