AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i7-12700KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF 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.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 3900XT has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3900XT CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.