Intel Core i9-12900F vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 528.31
$ 366.68 significantly less expensive
$ 894.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10606 points
6% slightly better overall score
9951 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points
73% significantly better gaming score
7212 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points
11058 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points
11834 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points
397.75 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13858 points
91% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7241 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2526 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1240 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
48
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
21% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
284% significantly lower TDP
250 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
4
100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
2304 KiB
79% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089
91st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2018 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Core i9-12900F vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900F performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900F. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900F. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900F. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900F. Despite this, the Core i9-12900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900F CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.

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