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

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i7-12650HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650HX beats the Ryzen 9 3900XT in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3900XT in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12650HX has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.

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.