Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Price

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$ 279.99

$ 21.57 slightly less expensive

$ 301.56

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points

15% slightly better overall score

11120 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points

1% slightly better gaming score

13778 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

10239 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points

23% slightly better heavy workload score

9995 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11666 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9722 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

302.05 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points

16965 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points

3349 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.8 GHz

18% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

5.5 GHz

5% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W

65 W

270% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

32 MiB

6% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

45th of 1,089

67th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen 7 9700X comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9700X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900KF has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KF. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 9700X 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.

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