Intel Core i9-12900KS vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Core i9-12900KS vs Ryzen 9 7900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KS beats the Ryzen 9 7900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900KS has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KS. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900KS CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 7900X CPU because of its slightly 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 i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.