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

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Core i9-12900T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900T beats the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X in overall performance. 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 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 1950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. The Ryzen Threadripper 1950X also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.