AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7216 points

0.04% slightly better overall score

7213 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8527 points

10096 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6778 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

6311 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6644 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

6106 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6357 points

6% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5956 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.87 points

15% slightly higher Blender score

160.34 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

65 W

61% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

7.5 MiB

87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

176th of 1,089

177th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Core i5-12490F benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 3800XT performs better than the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12490F outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12490F has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 3800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 3800XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12490F.

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 7 3800XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.