AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

Intel Core i5 12600K

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X with 12 cores 4.7GHz and Intel Core i5 12600K with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 's Advantages

Released 11 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.7GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +6%

2033

Intel Core i5 12600K

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +65%

29242

Intel Core i5 12600K

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +15%

2942

Intel Core i5 12600K

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +56%

19092

Intel Core i5 12600K

12188

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +11%

119

Intel Core i5 12600K

107

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +89%

1643

Intel Core i5 12600K

865

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +46%

406

Intel Core i5 12600K

278

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +19%

2277

Intel Core i5 12600K

1910

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +77%

20503

Intel Core i5 12600K

11565

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +9%

4317

Intel Core i5 12600K

3956

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X +87%

52013

Intel Core i5 12600K

27733

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X

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Intel Core i5 12600K

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

47x

Multiplier

37x

-

L1 Cache

80 K per core

12 MB shared

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 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 9 7900X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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