Intel Core i9-12900KF 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?

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Price

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$ 279.99
$ 616.32 significantly less expensive
$ 896.31

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

12789 points
12933 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14030 points
31% slightly better gaming score
10680 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12383 points
13704 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

12302 points
13985 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

361.08 points
428.80 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14840 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
14437 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2507 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
2022 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

14786 points
15788 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2584 points
21% 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

44th 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

Core i9-12900KF vs Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s is faster than the Core i9-12900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX s has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KF.

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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