Intel Core i7-12700K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D

Core i7-12700K vs Ryzen 9 9955HX3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D performs better than the Core i7-12700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 9955HX3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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.