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

Ryzen 9 3900XT vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12950HX performs better than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. 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 i9-12950HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 3900XT has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3900XT 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 3900XT thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12950HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3900XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3900XT 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 3900XT has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.