CPU Comparison

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

64C / 128T

2.9 - 4.3 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Intel Core i9 12900K

16C / 24T

3.2 - 5.2 GHz

TDP: 125W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X1,262

Intel Core i9 12900K2,003

Difference: 58.7% (Intel faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X75,671

Intel Core i9 12900K27,483

Difference: 175.3% (AMD faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X495

Intel Core i9 12900K779

Difference: 57.4% (Intel faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X24,763

Intel Core i9 12900K10,511

Difference: 135.6% (AMD faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X1,138

Intel Core i9 12900K2,063

Difference: 81.3% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X11,211

Intel Core i9 12900K12,124

Difference: 8.1% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X1,265

Intel Core i9 12900K1,970

Difference: 55.7% (Intel faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X27,453

Intel Core i9 12900K17,028

Difference: 61.2% (AMD faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X2,564

Intel Core i9 12900K4,181

Difference: 63.1% (Intel faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X80,316

Intel Core i9 12900K41,300

Difference: 94.5% (AMD faster)

Specifications

Cores

128

Threads

2.9 GHz

Base Frequency

3.2 GHz

4.3 GHz

Boost Frequency

5.2 GHz

65 W

TDP

125 W

sTRX4

Socket

LGA-1700

Castle Peak

Architecture

Alder Lake-S

7nm

Manufacturing

10nm

2020

Release Year

2021

256MB shared

L3 Cache

30MB shared

DDR4-3200

Memory Support

DDR5-4800

2048GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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