Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12490F beats the Ryzen 5 7600X3D in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-12490F has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12490F.

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 i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.