Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9700X beats the Core i9-12900F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900F has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.