Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 279.99
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$ 799.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
13385 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
6% slightly better gaming score
13203 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
13450 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
13474 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
398.41 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14840 points
17603 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2507 points
2784 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points
17560 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
2866 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
4.40 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
5.6 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

241 W
120 W
100% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache
768 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
128 MiB
326% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

45th of 1,089
38th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen 9 7900X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D beats the Core i9-12900KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KF. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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