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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X vs Intel Core i9-12900

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-12900

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

Rank 2 - 72 %

Intel Core i9-12900

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,324 pts

16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz

1,988 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

44,502 pts

16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz

26,455 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,724

16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz

2,637

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

14,637

16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz

15,367

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

509 cb

16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz

764 cb

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

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

1,274

16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz

1,968

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

17,105 cb

16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz

10,097 cb

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

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

22,727

16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz

15,712

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.50 GHz

209 cb

16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz

287 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 3.80 GHz

7,398 cb

16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz

3,911 cb

More benchmarks

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 (3)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Castle Peak (Zen 2)	Alder Lake S
Technology	7 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	TRX4 (sTRX4)	LGA 1700
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX	Intel Core i9-11900
Successor		Intel Core i9-13900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
CPU Cores / Threads	32 / 64	16 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	32x 3.70 - 4.50 GHz	8x Golden Cove 2.40 - 5.10 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	14.00 MB
L3-Cache	128.00 MB	30.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	2048 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	4	2
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 64	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	126.0 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
TDP	280 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)		202 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X	Intel Core i9-12900
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	1969 $	489 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is 2.8 stars (17 ratings), while Intel Core i9-12900 has received 3.6 stars (18 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
32C / 64T · 3.70 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 2.40 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★