AMD Ryzen 9 3950X vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 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
13% slightly better overall score
8158 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7460 points
10256 points
37% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9844 points
30% slightly better multitasking score
7544 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10084 points
35% slightly better heavy workload score
7441 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10804 points
43% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7534 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

371.88 points
77% significantly higher Blender score
209.04 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
60% significantly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

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
45 W
133% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1024 KiB
1120 KiB
9% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,089
142nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 3950X vs Core i9-12900H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 3950X beats the Core i9-12900H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 3950X has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i9-12900H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 3950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900H 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.

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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