AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core i5 12600KF

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Intel Core i5 12600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X with 16 cores 4.5GHz and Intel Core i5 12600KF 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 7950X 's Advantages

Released 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12600KF 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 73.4GB/s)

Lower TDP (125W vs 170W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +7%

2059

Intel Core i5 12600KF

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +116%

38165

Intel Core i5 12600KF

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +18%

3068

Intel Core i5 12600KF

2597

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +65%

21409

Intel Core i5 12600KF

12937

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +14%

120

Intel Core i5 12600KF

105

Cinebench 2024 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +130%

2097

Intel Core i5 12600KF

909

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +21%

2232

Intel Core i5 12600KF

1839

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +108%

24244

Intel Core i5 12600KF

11626

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +8%

4286

Intel Core i5 12600KF

3934

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X +129%

62987

Intel Core i5 12600KF

27408

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

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Intel Core i5 12600KF

General Parameters

Aug 2022

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 4 (Raphael)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600KF

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)

Integrated Graphics

No

Package

13.1 billions

Transistor Count

-

5 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

170 W

Power Consumption

125 W

230 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

12

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

5.7 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

16

Total Core Count

10

32

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

1 MB per core

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

73.4 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

1500 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

448

Shader Units

-

8

Texture Units

-

4

Raster Operation Units

-

2

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

1.43 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600KF

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

28

PCIe Lanes

20

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