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Intel Core i5 12600H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

51 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12600H
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Intel Core i5 12600H
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12600H with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6600H and 12600H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.8 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2343 vs 1954 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12600H
vs
Ryzen 5 6600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12600H +20%
2343
Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12600H +11%
9489
Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
File compression 895.9 MB/sec 857 MB/sec
Clang compilation 75.3 Klines/sec 62.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 259.2 pages/sec 169.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 309.9 Mpixels/sec 223.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 229.9 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 46.9 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Photo processing 93.5 images/sec 73.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.6 Mpixels/sec 14.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 19 & 1041 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12600H +10%
3445
Ryzen 5 6600H
3144
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12600H +13%
20371
Ryzen 5 6600H
18081
Integer math 69.8 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 35.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 64M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.3M Strings/sec 23.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.4 GBytes/sec 13.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 245.1 MBytes/sec 222.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1135 Frames/sec 848 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.3B Matrices/sec 15.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 273 & 1976 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12600H +39%
183.85
Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW 12.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 210.9 PPW 189.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 452.7 PPW 401.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.09 PPW 2.94 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12600H
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Reitz)Cinebench 202487 / 597
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (SamsulGG15)Geekbench 6 CPU2051 / 9242
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1820 / 6311
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-10 (Swaddy)Geekbench 6 CPU2024 / 8943
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12600H and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12600H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 660M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H - Intel Core i5 12600H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255H -
Intel CPU rating (#145th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#132nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27x 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 384
TMUs 40 24
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12600H +20%
1.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 6600H
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 660M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12600H official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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