Intel Core i5-12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i5-12600KF vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D performs better than the Core i5-12600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-12600KF that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D outputs less heat than Core i5-12600KF thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.