AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i9-12900

Ryzen 7 9700X vs Core i9-12900 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900 performs better than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Indeed, the Core i9-12900 has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9700X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 i9-12900 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900.

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 Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.