AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core i9-12900HX. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Intel Core i 12000H
• Family
  Ryzen Threadripper Intel Core i9
• Form Factor
  Desktops / Boxed Processor -
• Generation
  1 12
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Series
  Ryzen Threadripper 1000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz -
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  16 16
• CPU Threads
  32 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4 GHz -
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  3.5 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.70 GHz (3.60 GHz)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  None Intel UHD Graphics 770
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 32
• Generation
  - 11
• GPU Frequency
  - 300 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - 1550 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  - Q4/2021
• Shader
  - 256
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900HX and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR4 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 5.0 x 20
• PCIe lanes
  64 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -
• System Memory Specification
  2667 -
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 76.8 GB/s

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Intel Core i9-12900HX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  180 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  68 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  180 W 55 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 157 W
• TDP down
  - 45 W
• TDP up
  - 86 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and Intel Core i9-12900HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Whitehaven (Zen) Alder Lake H
• Codename
  Threadripper -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L1-Cache
  1.5 MB -
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 14 MB
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 30 MB
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  YD195XA8AEWOF -
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  YD195XA8UGAAE -
• Operating systems
  Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Release date
  2017-07-31 Q2/2022
• Socket
  sTR4 BGA 1744
• Technology
  14nm 10 nm
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  Not Included -
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Release price
  - 606 $