Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD EPYC 7571

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD 32 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

7189 points
7548 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points
110% significantly better gaming score
4993 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points
8594 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points
9396 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
32
433% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
64
433% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
49% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
64 MiB
255% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

178th of 1,089
166th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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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

Yes
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Core i5-12600 vs EPYC 7571 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the EPYC 7571 is faster than the Core i5-12600. Despite this, the Core i5-12600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the EPYC 7571 has significantly more cores with 32 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the EPYC 7571.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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