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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 78 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12450H

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

Rank 2 - 38 %

Intel Core i5-12450H

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

81 pts

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

96 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

2,011 pts

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

541 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,270 pts

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,665 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

34,255 pts

8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

10,155 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,684

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,218

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,875

8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

8,862

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

640 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,650

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

13,552 cb

8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

3,625 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

24C / 48T · 4.00 GHz

21,436

8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz

7,786

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core i 12000H (23)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Alder Lake H
Technology	7 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor		Intel Core i5-13420H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 48	8 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	24x 3.80 - 4.50 GHz	4x Golden Cove 2.00 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 1.50 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	7.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
GPU frequency		0.20 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	48 / 384
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 64	4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
TDP	280 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)		115 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X	Intel Core i5-12450H
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q4/2019	Q1/2022
Release price	1435 $	311 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X
24C / 48T · 3.80 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12450H
8C / 12T · 2.00 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★