AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i7 12700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Intel Core i7 12700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X with 6 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i7 12700K with 12 cores 3.6GHz . 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

Lower TDP (95W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 12700K 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 6 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 (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

930

Intel Core i7 12700K +109%

1944

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

6409

Intel Core i7 12700K +255%

22801

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

1039

Intel Core i7 12700K +152%

2625

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

4315

Intel Core i7 12700K +241%

14728

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

988

Intel Core i7 12700K +110%

2084

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

5881

Intel Core i7 12700K +163%

15499

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

2197

Intel Core i7 12700K +83%

4040

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

13019

Intel Core i7 12700K +166%

34674

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

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Intel Core i7 12700K

General Parameters

Apr 2017

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

190 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.7 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.8 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

36x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

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

1500 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700K

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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