Intel Core i9-12900KF vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD 32 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
12880 points
0.71% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
75% significantly better gaming score
7990 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
14704 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
15750 points
28% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
689.14 points
90% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
32
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
32
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
3.49 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
512 MiB
1606% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

44th of 1,089
43rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s is faster than the Core i9-12900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i9-12900KF that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX s has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KF.

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.

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