{"id":12045,"date":"2022-03-20T22:22:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T22:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/20\/intel-core-i9-12900k-vs-amd-ryzen-9-5900x\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T22:22:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T22:22:34","slug":"intel-core-i9-12900k-vs-amd-ryzen-9-5900x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/20\/intel-core-i9-12900k-vs-amd-ryzen-9-5900x\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p>Since the first AMD Ryzen processors hit the market all the way back in 2017, Intel has somehow been on the defensive.  It had been stuck on a 14nm process for so long, and while it was able to keep up with the single-core performance, it quickly lost the lead in the multi-core performance &#8211; something that becomes more important every year. <\/p>\n<p>Generation Alder Lake processors, powered by the Intel Core i9-12900K, Intel finally won a battle chance against the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X &#8211; a processor that was untouchable when it came out in late 2020.<\/p>\n<p>And since both processors are trying to do pretty much the same thing, albeit in very different ways, we thought it would be time to take a closer look at these two processors.  After all, choosing the best processor is not just about the numbers on the box or the color theme of the brand. <\/p>\n<figure >\n<div >\n<div  >\n<p  ><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 9 5900X\" \/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 9 5900X\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" ><span >(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 >Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Price<\/h2>\n<aside \/>\n<p>There is no way to get around the fact that both the Intel Core i9-12900K and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X are expensive processors.  Looking to build or buy a system with either of these chips probably means you are going for a high-end device.  So, it should come as no surprise that they have high price tags. <\/p>\n<p>The Intel Core i9-12900K is the most recently released, and it&#8217;s still available at full price pretty much everywhere.  You can find this 16-core processor at around $ 612 \/ \u00a3 559 \/ AU $ 949. This is a bit higher than Intel&#8217;s recommended price of $ 589- $ 599, but not much.  We imagine that prices will start to go down as the processor ages, and you should be able to find good deals on it. <\/p>\n<p>The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, however, is out for about a year and a half, and is starting to be seen as such at lower prices.  You can find it starting at $ 499 \/ \u00a3 409 \/ AU $ 739, which is much more affordable than the Intel Core i9 at the moment.  However, it has fewer grains.  But if you want an AMD 16-core chip, you can get over $ 599 \/ \u00a3 548 \/ AU $ 919 for the Ryzen 9 5950X instead. <\/p>\n<aside >\n<div >\n<p>The best Intel Core i9-12900k deals today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure >\n<div >\n<div  >\n<p  ><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"intel Alder Lake, processors on motherboard and on table\" \/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"intel Alder Lake, processors on motherboard and on table\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" ><span >(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 >Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Specifications<\/h2>\n<p>Both the Intel Core i9-12900K and the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X are high-end CPUs, but they are very different from each other. <\/p>\n<p>The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X will look pretty familiar to anyone with passing knowledge about desktop PC CPUs.  It is a 12-core, 24-thread processor with a maximum boost of 4.8GHz.  It also comes with a full 70MB cache, split between L2 and L3, and a TDP (thermal design power) of 105W. <\/p>\n<p>The Intel Core i9-12900K is a 16-core processor, but the way these cores are laid out is quite different from the AMD chip.  Unlike the Ryzen processor &#8211; and Intel&#8217;s earlier CPUs, no less &#8211; the 12900K uses a hybrid chip design.  Specifically, it follows the big one.LITTLE Design Philosophy popularized by Arm. <\/p>\n<p>Basically it has 8 Performance Cores and 8 Efficient Cores.  Performance cores are dual-threaded, just like the Ryzen threads, but the efficient cores are not.  So, while this chip has more cores overall, it has the same amount of threads, 24, as the Ryzen 9 5900X. <\/p>\n<p>Both Intel and Apple have moved to a hybrid chip design like this, and AMD is the only CPU manufacturer that still uses a monolithic chip layout.  We&#8217;m not sure how much longer AMD will stick with this design philosophy, but it seems to be working for the company at the moment.<\/p>\n<aside >\n<div >\n<p>The best AMD Ryzen 9 5900X deals today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure >\n<div >\n<div  >\n<p  ><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 9 5900X\" \/><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"AMD Ryzen 9 5900X\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" ><span >(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 >Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X: Performance<\/h2>\n<p>While AMD and Intel have been battling for the past few years, the release of the Intel Core i9-12900K Team Blue looks set to return &#8211; but this time around, the difference is quite significant. <\/p>\n<p>In our review, we found that the Intel Core i9-12900K is about 21% faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X in single core workloads, especially Cinebench.  It&#8217;s weird because Cinebench was the workload that saw the most success on AMD processors, but Intel really pulled it off this time. <\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not just single-core.  In the Cinebench multi-core test, Intel is 23% faster, an end to AMD&#8217;s dominance as a multi-threaded champion.  This is repeated in pretty much every benchmark we\u2019ve done in our review, with the 5900X getting no lead in any of our creative workloads. <\/p>\n<p>The closest was in the blender where the Ryzen 9 5900X was just 10% slower than the Core i9-12900K.  But even then, this is still a relatively large loss. <\/p>\n<p>In gaming, Intel still wins, especially in CPU-intensive Total War: Three Kingdoms.  We ran the game at low settings to make sure it ran as much as possible on the CPU, and the Core i9-12900K got 480 fps on the Ryzen 9 5900X&#8217;s 380 fps. <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the tables turned in the Metro: Exodus where the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X beat Intel at 251 fps at Team Blue&#8217;s 246 fps.  That&#8217;s a small victory, but it&#8217;s still a victory. <\/p>\n<p>Whichever way you cut it, the Intel Core i9-12900K is faster than the Ryzen 9 5900X.  Whether that compensates for the price difference is up to you though.  However, Intel support for DDR5, PCIe 5.0 and Thunderbolt can make all the difference. <\/p>\n<aside >\n<div >\n<p>The best processor deals of today<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the first AMD Ryzen processors hit the market all the way back in 2017, Intel has somehow been on the defensive. 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