AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5 12600

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Intel Core i5 12600

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i5 12600 with 6 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 5 months late

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +14%

2119

Intel Core i5 12600

1853

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +21%

16284

Intel Core i5 12600

13367

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +31%

3331

Intel Core i5 12600

2536

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +43%

15031

Intel Core i5 12600

10456

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +19%

4571

Intel Core i5 12600

3814

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +40%

29828

Intel Core i5 12600

21246

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i5 12600

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

6

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39

Multiplier

33x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

192 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

2

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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