AMD Z-01 vs Intel Core i9-12900KS

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AMD Z-01 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i9-12900KS
AMD Z-01 Intel Core i9-12900KS

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Z-01 and the Intel Core i9-12900KS and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Z-01 2 core processor released in Q2/2011 with the Intel Core i9-12900KS which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2022.
AMD C (6) Family Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD C (6) CPU group Intel Core i 12000 (34)
1 Generation 12
Ontario (Bobcat) Architecture Alder Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i9-13900KS

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Z-01 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i9-12900KS clocks with 3.40 GHz (5.50 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel.

AMD Z-01 Characteristic Intel Core i9-12900KS
2 Cores 16
2 Threads 24
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.00 GHz A-Core 3.40 GHz (5.50 GHz)
8x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 2.50 GHz (4.00 GHz)
8x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD Z-01 Characteristic Intel Core i9-12900KS
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
0.28 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.55 GHz
3 GPU Generation 11
40 nm Technology 10 nm
2 Max. displays 3
1 Compute units 32
80 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
1 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
11 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon HD 6250 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the AMD Z-01, while the Intel Core i9-12900KS supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s enabled.

AMD Z-01 Characteristic Intel Core i9-12900KS
DDR3-1066 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
8.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 14.00 MB
1.00 MB L3 Cache 30.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Z-01 has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i9-12900KS is 150 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Z-01 Characteristic Intel Core i9-12900KS
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) 241 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD Z-01 has 1.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 40 nm. The cache of Intel Core i9-12900KS is at 44.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

AMD Z-01 Characteristic Intel Core i9-12900KS
40 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE3, SSE4a ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA 413 Socket LGA 1700
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2011 Release date Q2/2022
-- Release price 749 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
AMD Radeon HD 6250 @ 0.28 GHz
45 (6%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz
794 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
2082 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
27796 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
2080 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
19010 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
2831 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
16455 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
795 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
10744 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
399 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
44541 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
87 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.50 GHz
294 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz
4140 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
AMD Z-01 AMD Z-01
1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i9-12900KS Intel Core i9-12900KS
27,796 CB R23 MC @ 241 W
115 (100%)

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