Intel Core i9-12900HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 16 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

11511 points

14398 points

25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12078 points

13255 points

9% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

11322 points

14804 points

30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11290 points

14984 points

32% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9511 points

14388 points

51% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

279.75 points

537.64 points

92% significantly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

23482 points

36291 points

54% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

4.20 GHz

82% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.7 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W

118% significantly lower TDP

120 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

1024 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

16 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

128 MiB

326% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

58th of 1,089

27th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900HX vs Ryzen 9 7950X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D performs better than the Core i9-12900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HX. Also, the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HX. The Ryzen 9 7950X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.