AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7 12700E

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Intel Core i7 12700E

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 12700E with 12 cores 2.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i7 12700E 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

1534

Intel Core i7 12700E +18%

1812

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

6388

Intel Core i7 12700E +59%

10177

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

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Intel Core i7 12700E

General Parameters

Jul 2019

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM4

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

-

Generation

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

215 mm²

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

1.6 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

12

Total Thread Count

20

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

38x

Multiplier

21

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

-

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 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

-

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700E

4.0

PCIe Version

5

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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