AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 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

8422 points
17% slightly better overall score
7176 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
9511 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
29% slightly better multitasking score
6485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
32% slightly better heavy workload score
6334 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
78% significantly higher Blender score
154.80 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19000 points
22% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15537 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
800 KiB
4% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089
180th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i7-12650H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 3900X is faster than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3900X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12650H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-12650H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900X 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 Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. The Ryzen 9 3900X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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