Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i7-12650HX specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900X in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 3900X that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX 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. In terms of cache, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.
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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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