Ryzen 9 5950X vs Core i9-12900 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900 performs better than the Ryzen 9 5950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 5950X in all gaming tests too.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 5950X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5950X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900. Despite this, the Core i9-12900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900 outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 5950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12900 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 5950X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900.
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 5950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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