AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5 12600T

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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Intel Core i5 12600T

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6 cores 3.9GHz and Intel Core i5 12600T with 6 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 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 2.1GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12600T 's Advantages

Newer PCIe version (5 vs 5.0)

Lower TDP (35W vs 65W)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +44%

3331

Intel Core i5 12600T

2312

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X +70%

15031

Intel Core i5 12600T

8839

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

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Intel Core i5 12600T

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

-

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

AM5

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

65 W

Power Consumption

35 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

-

TSMC

Foundry

Intel

-

Die Size

163 mm²

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

-

12

Performance Core Threads

-

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

2.1 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

6

Total Core Count

6

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39

Multiplier

21.0

80 K per core

L1 Cache

80 KB per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1.25 MB per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

1

SMP

1

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800

192 GB

Max Memory Size

-

2

Max Memory Channels

2

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

2

Execution Units

32

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600T

5.0

PCIe Version

5

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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