Intel Core i9-12900K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 289.00
$ 607.31 significantly less expensive
$ 896.31

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

13331 points
3% slightly better overall score
12933 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14234 points
33% slightly better gaming score
10680 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13035 points
13704 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12983 points
13985 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i9-12900K and the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

364.47 points
428.80 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15144 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
14437 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2550 points
26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2022 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15365 points
15788 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2616 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2123 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
4 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W
16% slightly lower TDP
280 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
8
300% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
1024 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
64 MiB
113% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

39th of 1,089
40th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 WX-Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2022 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i9-12900K vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900K.

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

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons