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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i5-12600KF

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 54 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12600KF

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Rank 2 - 71 %

Intel Core i5-12600KF

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

249 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

414 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

4,568 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

3,781 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

1,103 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,918 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

33,213 pts

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

17,660 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

1,193

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,472

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

10,282

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,991

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

398 cb

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

741 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

1,020

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,854

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

11,463 cb

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

6,702 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

17,204

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,912

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

479

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

249

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

15,823

10C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

5,589

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

174 cb

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

274 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.00 GHz

5,189 cb

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

2,596 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)	Alder Lake S
Technology	12 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-11600KF
Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X	Intel Core i5-13600KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	32x 3.00 - 4.20 GHz	6x Golden Cove 3.70 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.80 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	9.50 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
Memory	DDR4-2933 (93.8 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory		128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	3.0 x 64	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
TDP	250 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		150 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX	Intel Core i5-12600KF
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2018	Q4/2021
Release price	1799 $	264 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is 4.3 stars (14 ratings), while Intel Core i5-12600KF has received 4.5 stars (157 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
32C / 64T · 3.00 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C / 16T · 3.70 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★