Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8158 points
10011 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points
11884 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
9348 points
23% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points
9142 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points
8010 points
6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
263.24 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19648 points
8% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
18086 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.20 GHz
68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
Identical
5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
166% significantly lower TDP
120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
118% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089
88th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 7 7800X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D beats the Core i9-12900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 7800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU because of its 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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