Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen 9 7900 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900F beats the Ryzen 9 7900 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900F has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900F. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 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.
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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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