AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-12900

Last updated: 2024-02-05

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		Intel Core i9-12900
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel Core i9-12900 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D was released in Q1/2023. The Intel Core i9-12900 has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900 was released in Q1/2022.

AMD Ryzen 7 (67)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Ryzen 7000 (14)	CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
6	Generation	12
Raphael (Zen 4)	Architecture	Alder Lake S
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D	Predecessor	Intel Core i9-11900
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-13900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 4.20 GHz (5.00 GHz). The Intel Core i9-12900 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz).
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900
8	Cores	16
16	Threads	24
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
4.20 GHz (5.00 GHz) 8x Zen 4	A-Core	2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz) 8x Golden Cove
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
2.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.55 GHz
9	GPU Generation	11
5 nm	Technology	10 nm
3	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	32
128	Shader	256
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
12	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900
DDR5-5200	Memory	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
128 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
Yes	ECC	Yes
8.00 MB	L2 Cache	14.00 MB
96.00 MB	L3 Cache	30.00 MB
5.0	PCIe version	5.0
24	PCIe lanes	20
94.5 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a TDP of 120 W, that of the Intel Core i9-12900 is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900
120 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
162 W	TDP (PL2)	202 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
89 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a 104.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-12900 cache has a total of 44.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900
5 nm	Technology	10 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
AM5 (LGA 1718)	Socket	LGA 1700
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023	Release date	Q1/2022
--	Release price	489 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (97%)

Intel Core i9-12900 (96%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D (86%)

Intel Core i9-12900 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1811 (91%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1988 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	17762 (67%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	26455 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2137 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1968 (92%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	13620 (87%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15712 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2731 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	2637 (97%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	14229 (93%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15367 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael) @ 2.20 GHz	563 (71%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	35060 (95%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	36739 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	107 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	1115 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	764 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10097 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	287 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	3911 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 17,762 CB R23 MC @ 87 W	205 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-12900 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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Intel Core i9-13900 benchmark of engineering sample

Posted by Stefan on 2022-06-15

Intels 13th generation of the Intel Core i series (Raptor Lake) is about to be released and a lot of information is already known from the official side. This information includes e.g. the number of CPU cores, the expected increase in performance and the manufacturing technology of the new CPUs.

We compare the technical data of the Intel Core i9-13900 with its predecessor and look at benchmarks that have already been published.

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