AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9228 points
33% slightly better overall score
6916 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
8678 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
54% significantly better multitasking score
6372 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
60% significantly better heavy workload score
6299 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
9505 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
44% significantly higher Blender score
257.78 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
1280 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

8 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

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
197th 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
2022 May

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

-
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-12800HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 3950X performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. The Ryzen 9 3950X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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