Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen 9 7900 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K 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.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900K has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7900 that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900 outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a 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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.