AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5 12500TE

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i5 12500TE

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 12500TE with 6 cores 1.9GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 1.9GHz)

Intel Core i5 12500TE 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 9 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (35W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

Intel Core i5 12500TE +50%

1560

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

Intel Core i5 12500TE +38%

5979

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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Intel Core i5 12500TE

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

163 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.9 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.3 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

19

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

7.5 MB

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500TE

3.0

PCIe Version

5

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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