Intel Core i3-1220P vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i3 10 core CPU vs AMD 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3216 points
3249 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4347 points
4467 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2881 points
0.03% slightly better multitasking score
2880 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2795 points
0.11% slightly better heavy workload score
2792 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

84.65 points
104.16 points
23% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.5 GHz
3.30 GHz
120% significantly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6.5 MiB
116% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

509th of 1,089
505th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i3
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i3-1220P vs Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition performs better than the Core i3-1220P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 6600HS Creator Edition has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1220P.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-1220P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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