AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i7 12700K

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AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

Intel Core i7 12700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT with 6 cores 3.8GHz 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 3600XT 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Lower TDP (95W vs 125W)

Intel Core i7 12700K 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 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 (5.0 vs 4.0)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1323

Intel Core i7 12700K +46%

1944

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

9812

Intel Core i7 12700K +132%

22801

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1767

Intel Core i7 12700K +48%

2625

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7554

Intel Core i7 12700K +94%

14728

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

146

Intel Core i7 12700K +149%

364

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

1339

Intel Core i7 12700K +55%

2084

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

7577

Intel Core i7 12700K +104%

15499

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

2740

Intel Core i7 12700K +47%

4040

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

18504

Intel Core i7 12700K +87%

34674

AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT

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Intel Core i7 12700K

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Oct 2021

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2 (Matisse)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i7-12700K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 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

3.8 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.5 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

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

12 MB shared

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

25 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

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 3600XT

Official Website

Intel Core i7 12700K

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

16

PCIe Lanes

20

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