Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 279.99
$ 119.62 significantly less expensive
$ 399.61

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
74% significantly better overall score
7335 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
56% significantly better gaming score
8938 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
82% significantly better multitasking score
6797 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
85% significantly better heavy workload score
6646 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11666 points
59% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7297 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
72% significantly higher Blender score
209.61 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14840 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
10897 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2507 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2052 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11047 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2117 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.40 GHz
6% 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
105 W
129% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
96 MiB
220% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089
172nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen 7 5800X3D benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KF beats the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KF has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-12900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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

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