AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT 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

8378 points
16% slightly better overall score
7176 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8533 points
9511 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8330 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
6485 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8329 points
31% slightly better heavy workload score
6334 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

275.17 points
77% significantly higher Blender score
154.80 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

3.8 GHz
65% significantly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
Identical
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

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

131st 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

2020 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 3900XT vs Core i7-12650H benchmarks

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

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-12650H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3900XT 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 Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. The Ryzen 9 3900XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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