AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the Core i9-12950HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12950HX 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has significantly 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 7 9800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.