AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel 12 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

0.85% slightly better overall score

8351 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8440 points

10838 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8406 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

7548 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8392 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

7300 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

276.80 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

224.34 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9907 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9560 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1704 points

2256 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

171% significantly higher clock speed

1.4 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

35 W

200% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

960 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB

12 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

156% significantly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

130th of 1,089

132nd 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i7-12700T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3900X performs better than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 9 3900X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

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.