Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D beats the Core i7-12700K in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-12700K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900X3D outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.