AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 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

6657 points
4% slightly better overall score
6371 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
8680 points
26% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
5739 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
5626 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points
12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7480 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
178.23 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly 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

4.2 GHz
5 GHz
19% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
45 W
300% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB
2% slightly more L1 cache
1120 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
7.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
230th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2022 February

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 Threadripper 1920X vs Core i9-12900HK benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Core i9-12900HK in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more threads than the Core i9-12900HK. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900HK has more L2 cache than the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X. Despite this, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900HK.

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 Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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