Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i5 12600KF with 10-cores against the 4.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 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
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600KF
- Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- More modern manufacturing process β 5 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Newer - released 11 months later
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
- 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2941 vs 2598 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (166th and 196th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1020 MB/sec | 1490 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 97.5 Klines/sec | 94.7 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 304.3 pages/sec | 269.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 396.9 Mpixels/sec | 342 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 263.3 pages/sec | 308.4 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 57.3 images/sec | 66.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 118.2 images/sec | 108.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 22.3 Mpixels/sec | 20.4 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 87.8 GOps/sec | 84.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 67 GOps/sec | 50.8 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 90M Primes/sec | 207M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.6M Strings/sec | 38.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 18.4 GBytes/sec | 18.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 342.1 MBytes/sec | 317.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1544 Frames/sec | 1820 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22B Matrices/sec | 24.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 7.6 PPW | 8.1 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 103.5 PPW | 129.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 220.1 PPW | 269.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.8 PPW | 2.03 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i5 12600KF
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-06 (Bughunter47) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 833 |
| π 2025-11-01 (desbiensl) | Cinebench 2024 | 108 / 951 |
| π 2025-03-04 (Sylph) | Cinebench 2024 | 98 / 674 |
| π 2025-01-15 (Fei Mian) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 994 |
| π 2025-01-12 (Isdato) | Cinebench 2024 | 107 / 933 |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-19 (Luficek) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 883 |
| π 2026-05-06 (Luficek) | Cinebench 2024 | 116 / 856 |
| π 2026-04-23 (EpsilonMaru) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 917 |
| π 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3054 / 14225 |
| π 2025-12-30 (ImKaTz) | Cinebench 2024 | 121 / 899 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12600KF and AMD Ryzen 5 7600XGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | October 27, 2021 | September 29, 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | i5-12600KF | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | - Intel Core i5 13600K |
| Successor | - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X |
Intel CPU rating (#93rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#50th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.8 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 47x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 9728K (shared) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 20MB (shared) | 32MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | - | 6.57 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 150 W | 116 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 95Β°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (82nd and 71st place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 128 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
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 | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 12600KF official page | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 28 |
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