Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core i9-12900 comparison
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900 is faster than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 9800X3D in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900 has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 9800X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 i9-12900 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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