Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735H

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 7 7735H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600 performs better than the Ryzen 7 7735H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7735H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 7735H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 7735H.

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.