Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
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
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 12600KF
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Around 3.4 GB/s (5%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Newer - released 11-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 2219 vs 1847 points
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
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 | 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) |
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 |
| Socket | LGA-1700 | AM5 |
| TDP | 125 W | 105 W |
| Max. Boost TDP | 150 W | 116 W |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 95°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 1500 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 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | 73.4 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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