AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Ryzen 5 9600X vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12950HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12950HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 9600X thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12950HX.

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 Ryzen 5 9600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.