Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D performs better than the Core i5-12490F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12490F. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D also has significantly 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 i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.