Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8 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

2% slightly better overall score

7028 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points

25% slightly better gaming score

8379 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points

6623 points

7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points

6517 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.59 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

164.73 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9645 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9396 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2382 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2142 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.30 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

178th of 1,089

191st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7 PRO

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600 is faster than the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U 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. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Also, the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.