Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 528.31
$ 455.05
$ 73.26 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10606 points
10982 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points
13108 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points
10252 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points
10031 points
0.96% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10914 points
8% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10082 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points
325.43 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13858 points
18346 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2526 points
3336 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
95% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
84% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
96 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089
70th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900F has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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