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

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 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

6657 points
0.38% slightly better overall score
6632 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points
7128 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
6506 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
6504 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points
11628 points
62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points
2268 points
92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
153% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W
35 W
414% 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
1280 KiB
11% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
6% slightly more L3 cache
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

212th of 1,089
214th 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

-
Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Core i9-12900T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900T has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X that has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900T. The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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