Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX

Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX beats the Core i9-12900T in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900T that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.