AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Core i7-12700KF specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X is faster than the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700KF outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 3960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.