Intel Core i5 12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12600K with 10-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600K
- Newer - released 1-year and 1-month later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Around 29.12 GB/s (61%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1892 vs 1627 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than the Core i5 12600K – 65 vs 125 Watt
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | October 27, 2021 | October 8, 2020 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake-S | Vermeer |
| Model number | i5-12600K | - |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM4 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 | No |
Performance
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.9 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 9728K (shared) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP | 125 W | 65 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | - |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1450 MHz | - |
| Shading Units | 256 | - |
| TMUs | 16 | - |
| ROPs | 8 | - |
| Execution Units | 32 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 47.68 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 12600K official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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