Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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

6875 points

7% slightly better overall score

6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points

4% slightly better gaming score

8665 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5539 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

139.36 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4.59 GHz

83% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

150% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB

66% significantly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089

225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. The Core i5-12500H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.