Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen 9 7900X benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7900X performs better than the Core i9-12900K. Despite this, the Core i9-12900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900X outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a slightly 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.