AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 399.99
$ 259.99
$ 140.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
11540 points
25% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
13325 points
78% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
10952 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
10812 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
10051 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
304.26 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10775 points
13491 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1676 points
2487 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10665 points
13854 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1722 points
2554 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
3.6 GHz
2% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
80% significantly lower TDP
190 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
156% significantly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
57th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-12700K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Ryzen 9 3950X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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