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General information Ryzen 9 5900X Core i9-12900
Launched Q4 2020 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Vermeer Alder Lake
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 35.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 5.9 % 5.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 25 % 16 0 %
Threads 24 0 % 24 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 0 % 65 W 38.1 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 30 % 10 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
8 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 2 × 32 MB
1 × 30 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 5900X Core i9-12900
Overall Score 71122 0 % 68822 3.2 %
Future Proof 79 % 8.1 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 25587 0 % 22434 12.3 %
Single Thread Score 3464.1 14.7 % 4062.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 31464.5 MB/s 0 % 23573.9 MB/s 25.1 %
Compressing Data 487 MB/s 0 % 406.2 MB/s 16.6 %
String objects sorting 51821.2 thousand/s 0 % 45348.9 thousand/s 12.5 %
Prime numbers generation 254 millions/s 0 % 124.7 millions/s 50.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 144239 millions/s 0 % 129998 millions/s 9.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77446 millions/s 17.3 % 93686.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 5900X, Core i9-12900.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 5900X Core i9-12900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.4 FPS 158.5 FPS
High settings 264.6 FPS 253.6 FPS
Medium settings 330.7 FPS 317.1 FPS
Low settings 413.4 FPS 396.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 9 5900X Core i9-12900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 175.7 FPS 171.6 FPS
High settings 281.1 FPS 274.6 FPS
Medium settings 351.4 FPS 343.3 FPS
Low settings 439.2 FPS 429.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %
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