Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 7 6800H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Ryzen 7 6800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 6800H has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12600 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H. Also, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800H outputs less heat than Core i5-12600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.