Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen 9 9900X3D benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D performs better than the Core i9-12900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900K 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 9900X3D that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X3D 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.