AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

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
3% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
10736 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
17% slightly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
70% significantly higher Blender score
218.16 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
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 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
14 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

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
112th 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

-
Yes

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i7-12850HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12850HX 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX 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 Core i7-12850HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 3950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 3950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12850HX.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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