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Intel Core i5 12600K vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

58 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12600K
VS
64 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Intel Core i5 12600K
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12600K with 10-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
84.4
(Good)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and 12600K
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600K
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • More than 11Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
  • Has 76 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12600K
vs
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (167th and 124th place)
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12600K
12200
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +26%
15319
File compression 822.6 MB/sec 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.7 Klines/sec 111.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 261.1 pages/sec 331.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 347.9 Mpixels/sec 399 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.5 pages/sec 266.2 pages/sec
Background blur 58.9 images/sec 65.8 images/sec
Photo processing 103.5 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.8 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 768 & 774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12600K
27512
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +25%
34276
Integer math 87.8 GOps/sec 103.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 67.1 GOps/sec 60.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 90M Primes/sec 319M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.7M Strings/sec 46M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.4 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 342.8 MBytes/sec 384.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1515 Frames/sec 3510 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22B Matrices/sec 29.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7007 & 26928 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12600K
234.96
Ryzen 7 7800X3D +13%
266.61

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.6 PPW 9.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 97.6 PPW 127.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 220.1 PPW 285.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW 2.22 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 12600K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Jin)Cinebench 2024108 / 910
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Jin)Cinebench 2024108 / 906
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kierannosaurus)Geekbench 6 CPU2668 / 12254
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-20 (Kierannosaurus)Cinebench 2024118 / 1041
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-05 (Kierannosaurus)Cinebench 2024115 / 1017
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084
Add View all (57)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12600K and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 27, 2021 January 4, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number i5-12600K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - Intel Core i7 13700K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Intel CPU rating (#96th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 42x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 9728K (shared) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 96MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Transistors - 11.2 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 150 W 162 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM5
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 89Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (86th and 68th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12600K +17%
0.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7800X3D
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12600K official page AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
    - ECC requires mobo support.

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Total votes: 39

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Comments

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