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

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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
8472 points
0.59% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points
10803 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
7800 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
7717 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points
58% significantly higher Blender score
174.18 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz
90% significantly higher clock speed
2 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
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
1120 KiB
45% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
11.5 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache

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
126th 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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

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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