Core i9-12900KS vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KS beats the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900KS has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Also, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5500X3D outputs less heat than Core i9-12900KS thanks to a much 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 i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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