AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series 32 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

10823 points
21% slightly better overall score
8926 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7475 points
10736 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

12159 points
45% significantly better multitasking score
8383 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13149 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score
8262 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

458.04 points
109% significantly higher Blender score
218.16 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

32
100% significantly more cores
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

64
166% significantly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.8 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

250 W
55 W
354% 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

3072 KiB
139% significantly more L1 cache
1280 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
14% slightly more L2 cache
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB
156% significantly more L3 cache
25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

73rd of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper 2000 Series
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 August
2022 May

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 2990WX vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX performs better than the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i7-12850HX that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12850HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 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 Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12850HX. The Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX also has significantly 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 2990WX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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