AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-12700

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-12700 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 3950X thanks to a 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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.