Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 5 7600X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Ryzen 5 7600X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600X3D in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-12600 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600. Despite this, the Core i5-12600 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.

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 i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.