Intel Core i5-12490F vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Core i5-12490F vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12490F beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme outputs less heat than Core i5-12490F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.