AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-12900K

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 16 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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Intel Core i9-12900K

Price

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$ 850.00

$ 289.00

$ 561.00 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7764 points

13331 points

71% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7302 points

14234 points

94% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7916 points

13035 points

64% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7971 points

12983 points

62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9121 points

11701 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

262.92 points

364.47 points

38% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7426 points

15144 points

103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1163 points

2550 points

119% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7983 points

15365 points

92% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1180 points

2616 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

6% slightly higher clock speed

3.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

5.2 GHz

30% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

33% slightly lower TDP

241 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1536 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

1280 KiB

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

155th of 1,089

39th 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

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i9-12900K benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900K. A Ryzen Threadripper 1950X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900K CPU because of its slightly 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 Threadripper 1950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.