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

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-12700KF benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700KF is faster than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 3950X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700KF that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 9 3950X. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 9 3950X 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 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.