Intel Core i9-12900KS 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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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D

Price

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$ 379.99

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$ 799.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14046 points

4% slightly better overall score

13385 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14925 points

13% slightly better gaming score

13203 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13755 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

13450 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13690 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

13474 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

372.23 points

398.41 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16406 points

17603 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2655 points

2784 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

16013 points

17560 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2713 points

2866 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

4.40 GHz

29% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

5.6 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

120 W

25% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

30th 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

2022 February

2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KS performs better than the Ryzen 9 7900X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7900X3D 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 7900X3D has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KS.

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.