AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Ryzen 9 3900X vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12950HX beats the Ryzen 9 3900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 3900X. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Ryzen 9 3900X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX 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 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 9 3900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.