Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9304 points
10% slightly better overall score
8451 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10181 points
12073 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9062 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9033 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
221.97 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
14339 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
3205 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
3.8 GHz
174% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
166% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,102
133rd of 1,102

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 9600 is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 9600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 9600 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900T. The Ryzen 5 9600 also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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